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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> Linus Torvalds, Wed, Apr 25, 2007 17:22:20 +0200:
>> 
>> Btw, when you do "--local-zone", you should drop the TZ printout too, I 
>> think. It doesn't seem to make any sense to give the *wrong* timezone.
>
> The timezone is interesting to see: it is a hint as to _where_ the
> commit is coming from. Obviously not reliable, it can be amusing.

Unless you spotted a bug in the patch, with --local-zone, I do
not think you would get any such hint from the zone information.