Re: [PATCH 1/2] UNIX reference time of 1970-01-01 00:00 is UTC timezone, not local time zone

From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de>
Date: 2007-01-27 04:49:07
Andy Parkins wrote:
> $ date --date="1970-01-01 00:00" +"%F %T %z (%Z)"
> 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0100 (BST)

nice observation.  yet, my system doesn't even have date --date=.  regarding the idea to provide a generic nice hook, it should be considered to convert this usage to a standards-conforming way.

cheers
  simon

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