Re: cygcheck's understanding of TZ

[Denis Excoffier <Denis.Excoffier@free.fr>]

On 2011-06-10 16:21, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> But, in any event, we still have no idea (since you haven't provided
> details) why you find it so crucial for cygcheck to report the date  
> with
> pinpoint accuracy but if this is required for your purposes then you
> should "feel free" to provide a patch to cygcheck.cc.

Wrong by 1h is not pinpoint accuracy (i think). Here is a patch that  
describes what i mean:

--- ./cygwin-snapshot-20110608-1/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc        
2011-04-07 08:09:28.000000000 +0200
+++ ./cygwin-snapshot-20110608-1.new/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc    
2011-06-10 19:31:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -1398,7 +1398,9 @@

    printf ("\nCygwin Configuration Diagnostics\n");
    time (&now);
-  printf ("Current System Time: %s\n", ctime (&now));
+  /* UTC is better than local time for reference purposes, and also  
does
+  not depend on TZ, which is problematic in certain cases under  
msvcrt.dll */
+  printf ("Current System Time (UTC): %s\n", asctime (gmtime (&now)));

    OSVERSIONINFOEX osversion;
    osversion.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof (OSVERSIONINFOEX);


Also to be considered similar patches for the other programs that  
don't link
with cygwin1.dll, if necessary.

Hope this helps.

Regards.

Denis Excoffier.

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