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Re: [PATCH] CET is only one hour ahead of UTC, it even says so in date.c

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Aug 16, 2013, 20:32 UTC
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Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> writes:
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> diff --git a/Documentation/date-formats.txt b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
> index c000f08..4dbaafa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/date-formats.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
> @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ Git internal format::
>  	It is `<unix timestamp> <timezone offset>`, where `<unix
>  	timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
>  	`<timezone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC.
> -	For example CET (which is 2 hours ahead UTC) is `+0200`.
> +	For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead UTC) is `+0100`.
>  
>  RFC 2822::
>  	The standard email format as described by RFC 2822, for example
> -	`Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:13:13 +0200`.
> +	`Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:13:13 +0100`.
This timestamp cannot be in the CET timezone, though.
Andreas.
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  1. CET is only one hour ahead of UTC, it even says so in date.cMattias Andrée, Aug 16, 2013
  2. CET is only one hour ahead of UTCMattias Andrée, Aug 16, 2013
  3. CET is only one hour ahead of UTCMattias Andrée, Aug 16, 2013
  4. Mattias AndréeAug 16, 2013
  5. Jeff KingAug 16, 2013
  6. Andreas SchwabAug 16, 2013
  7. CEST is +0200 during AprilMattias Andrée, Aug 17, 2013
  8. Aaron SchrabAug 17, 2013
  9. Mattias AndréeAug 17, 2013

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