From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:22:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add date format --local-zone
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0704250805440.9964@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0704250800030.9964@woody.linux-foundation.org>



On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Ie, it would be better, I think, to use a
> 
> 	--date=local
> 	--date=relative
> 	--date=UTC
> 	...
> 
> kind of syntax, than have each date flag be different ("--relative-date" 
> vs "--local-zone"?).

Btw, when you do "--local-zone", you should drop the TZ printout too, I 
think. It doesn't seem to make any sense to give the *wrong* timezone.

			Linus