From: Edward McGuire <MetaEd@MetaEd.COM>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygcheck's understanding of TZ
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:07:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTikhZ+tHjNzWZNM9VKN6b0Ei84FeWQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1D852702-CB83-4DAA-A31A-D3F8A01E432A@free.fr>
> On 2011-06-10 16:21, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> we still have no idea [...] why you find it so crucial for
>> cygcheck to report the date with pinpoint accuracy
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:44, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> Wrong by 1h is not pinpoint accuracy (i think).
I realize I don't have a vote, but I disagree with your patch. Idiot
proofing cygcheck(1) by forcing GMT on the user is overkill.
cygcheck(1) only gives invalid output when it gets invalid input.
Did cygcheck(1) and date(1) both give valid output with
TZ=CET-1CEST?
Cheers,
MetaEd
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-13 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-09 7:47 EXCOFFIER Denis
2011-06-09 7:54 ` Thomas Wolff
2011-06-09 17:44 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-06-09 17:39 ` Edward McGuire
2011-06-09 18:08 ` Charles Wilson
2011-06-09 19:27 ` Edward McGuire
2011-06-09 19:50 ` Denis Excoffier
2011-06-09 21:06 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-06-09 22:01 ` Edward McGuire
2011-06-10 7:25 ` Denis Excoffier
2011-06-10 14:07 ` Edward McGuire
2011-06-10 14:30 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-06-10 17:44 ` Denis Excoffier
2011-06-13 15:07 ` Edward McGuire [this message]
2011-06-13 15:34 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-06-14 15:05 ` Lee Maschmeyer
2011-06-14 15:28 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-06-14 17:30 ` Lee Maschmeyer
2011-06-14 17:51 ` Edward McGuire
2011-06-14 18:35 ` Lee Maschmeyer
2011-06-14 19:19 ` Edward McGuire
2011-06-14 19:22 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-06-14 19:21 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-06-09 18:58 ` Christopher Faylor
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