Re: [PATCH] UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems

OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-06-26T18:02:59Z

Joe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com> writes:

> I just looked at the FAT32 specification from Microsoft, and nowhere
> does it say that FAT timestamps are in local time. It does not mention
> local time, time standards, or time zones at all. Here it is:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/fatgen.mspx
>
> So there is nothing inherent in FAT's design or specification that
> requires dates and times to be in local time. It appears it is up to
> the OS or device to convey a meaning by how the timestamps are used.
> For this reason, I do not consider it a hack or a design
> change/violation to optionally use UTC for the timestamps on a given FAT
> volume.

This is not interesting argument. That mentions MSDOS/Windows
everywhere, you just ignored it.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>