If they were to do this:
cvs rdiff -s -D "01/01/1970 00:00:00 GMT" -r HEAD Tools
would that make it work for people east of GMT?
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Lars-Christian Schulze writes:
>
> %> cvs rdiff -s -D 01/01/1970 -r HEAD Tools
> cvs [rdiff aborted]: Can't parse date/time: 01/01/1970
>
> with cvs 1.10.5 _and_ 1.10.8 on different systems.
>
> "cvs rdiff -s -D 01/02/1970 -r HEAD Tools" or later dates seems to work.
> ^^
> Does anybody know if this is a bug or a feature ?
Yes. Unix's idea of time starts at 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. Since
you're east of the prime meridian, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 local time is
before the begining of time, so CVS rejects it.
-Larry Jones
I stand FIRM in my belief of what's right! I REFUSE to
compromise my principles! -- Calvin
