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Re: Newest code crashes Tcl/Tk
- From: Eric McDonald <mcdonald at phy dot cmich dot edu>
- To: Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>
- Cc: Jim Kingdon <kingdon at panix dot com>, <xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:08:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Newest code crashes Tcl/Tk
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Hans Ronne wrote:
> >> That's strange. When I do the same thing, my first entry is:
> >
> >Probably timezones. I don't remember how CVS handles them in this
> >context.
>
> Right. But this makes no sense. CVS should use local time or possibly GMT
> to date a checkin. The checkin date should not depend on who is checking
> out the code. In fact, if this is what is going on, I would call it a bug
> in CVS.
Well, if it's a bug, then it is a very well-documented one. :-)
>From my CVS manpage:
-D date_spec
Use the most recent revision no later than date_spec (a single
argument, date description specifying a date in the past). A
wide variety of date formats are supported, in particular ISO
("1972-09-24 20:05") or Internet ("24 Sep 1972 20:05"). The
date_spec is interpreted as being in the local timezone, unless
a specific timezone is specified.
[snipped, examples below]
3/31/92 10:00:07 PST
22:00 GMT
To get everyone on the same page, maybe we should be doing
checkouts or updates with the date specifier and "0:00 GMT".
Eric