Thanks to all. Server is set to UTC and I'll leave it at that... -chris
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Denniston >Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:16 PM >To: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC) >Cc: info-cvs@gnu.org >Subject: Re: CVS time zone > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> What is the CVS environment variable to set the >> CVS repository's time zone, CVS_TZ? I couldn't >> find it in the online docs (searching for "time >> zone"). Also should it be set to UTC or EST (in >> eastern US). >> >CVS on the server uses the TZ set on the server OS, to get the >time and uses UTC internally. on linux try `ls /etc/localtime >-l` man tzselect > >If you happen to be asking about how the time is displayed in >`cvs log`, in 1.11.x[2] at least it is always in UTC. IMHO >that is the correct one for CVS to use, it is pretty >unambiguous. If you want logs shown in EST, look at cvs2cl[1] >which by default shows them in client machine local timezone, >or you can select UTC. > >As for as what your server machine should be set to ... either >the correct TZ for its location, or UTC as long as when the >admin is setting the time s/he sets the time that is correct >for the used TZ. easy choice :) I generally use local TZ >(US/East-Indiana) for the OS system time, and because the Hard >Ware Clock is not shared with another operating system it >keeps time at UTC and hwclock knows both of these timezones. >So I can always gripe at people about _when_ they did things, >the server gets system time from an several NTP sources.:) > >[1] http://www.red-bean.com/cvs2cl/ >[2] in 1.12.x I have heard they have played with some of the >time outputs, but I have not kept track of which ones and how >they have changed them, the things I indicated may have changed. > >-- >Todd Denniston >Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) >Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs