Re: CVS -D option with time offset

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Dirk Stoecker <misc@dstoecker.de> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I always had some problems with the "cvs diff -D" option and now found the 
> reason:
> 
> First some notes:
> a) our server runs with GMT+2 hours system time (CEST)
> b) all our work systems run GMT+2 as time zone.
> c) We use NTP as time protocol, I checked all times
> d) We Use SuSE linux 9.3, 10.1, Cygwin on WinXP
> e) The server and the linux clients run Version 1.12.12. The windows 
>    client is CVSNT 2.0.51d (client/server).
> 
> Doing a checkin at 13:48 local time results in the correct entry:
> 
>  $Id: foofile,v 1.2 2006/07/27 11:48:04 user Exp $
> 
> Now doing a cvs diff to find out, what has been changed:
> 
> > cvs diff -D 2006-07-27T18:40:00

Try specifying the timzezone you really want:

    cvs diff -D 2006-07-27T18:40:00Z
    cvs diff -D 2006-07-27T18:40:00+0000
    cvs diff -D 2006-07-27T16:40:00+0200
    cvs diff -D'2006-07-27T18:40:00 UTC'

        -- Mark
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