Re: [PATCH 4/5] date: document and test "raw-local" mode
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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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- Jul 11, 2016, 16:50 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 01:06:17AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> > The documentation claims that "raw-local" does not work. It > does, but the end result is rather subtle. Let's describe it > in better detail, and test to make sure it works (namely, > the epoch time doesn't change, but the zone does).
Maybe add an editorial statement that in most cases this isn't particularly useful? Documenting raw-local implies that someone might want to consider using it, and it's not clear to me folks should ever try --- they're more likely to confuse themselves more than anything else.
- Ted