From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:43:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: support local timezone
Message-ID: <50774BA9.40609@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1349988497-6158-1-git-send-email-chris@rorvick.com>

On 10/11/2012 10:48 PM, Chris Rorvick wrote:
> CVS patches are unconditionally imported with a UTC timezone.  Allow
> the local timezone by adding -l to the command line or specifying
> cvsimport.l in the config.
> 
> This could be made the default behavior, as setting TZ=UTC in the
> environment before doing the import is equivalent to the current
> behavior.  But since a new default may be an unwelcome surprise to
> some, make this new behavior available os an option.

According to rcsfile(7), all times in RCS/CVS files are recorded in UTC.
 So why do you need this feature?

Michael

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