On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 02:15:59PM -0600, Erik Anderson wrote:
> I'm trying to troubleshoot a cvs issue here...when I commit a file,
> the timestamp on the file commit is correct, however, the timestamp
> placed *in* the file in place of the $Header$ tag is 6 hours fast.  So
> for instance:
> 
> If I query the revision history of a file, I get this information:
> 
> Revision: 1.1, Wed Mar 29 14:08:57 2006 CST
> 
> If I view that revision of the file, the $Header$ text is this:
> 
> ...1.1 2006/03/29 20:08:57...
> 
> I know this has something to do with timezones not matching up, but
> I've checked through everything I can think of and can't find any
> blatent mis-configurations.  The timezone on the server is correct. 
> It looks like when doing a commit, CVS is ignoring the timezone
> setting on the server and setting the header timestamp according to
> GMT.  Is there a way to change this behavior?

Even if it were, what makes your timezone special?

What happens if you in St. Paul and Kim and Seul both check-in code? Whose
timezone shall be used?

What happens if you move the server, or switch to a remote replica
after a disaster hits your server? Should all the files on the server
be updated?

florin

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