Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000403182716.00d7e360@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 18:29:50 -0400 To: John Wiersba , "'Sean Phelan'" , "cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: Touch has a bug w/Daylight Savings time in the US In-Reply-To: <03F4742D8225D21191EF00805FE62B9904B3F17D@aa-msg-01.medstat .com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Yes, assuming that Sean is using the stock version of Cygwin B20.x, daylight savings time problems are a known issue. Its been fixed for a long time in the snapshots though, so it will be fixed in the upcoming release as well. Larry At 06:16 PM 4/3/00, John Wiersba wrote: >Both work properly on my machine, but maybe it's because I'm running the >3/16 snapshot. > >-- John Wiersba > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sean Phelan [mailto:sphelan AT sqcn DOT com] > > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 6:22 PM > > To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > Subject: Touch has a bug w/Daylight Savings time in the US > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > In case I'm the first one to discover this, there's a problem > > with Cygwin's > > TOUCH. It doesn't handle the daylight-savings crossover properly. > > > > -------------------- > > Once the Daylight-Savings is crossed (ex:4/1/99), touch > > improperly sets the > > file date if the date is before this crossover date. > > EX: "touch 0401120900 file.ext" will set the date to 1:09p > > instead of 12:09p > > BUT: "touch 0403120900 file.ext" will set the date to 12:09p > > as expected. > > Naturally, this is a bug which could bite someone. > > -------------------- > > > > Hope this helps, > > Sean > > > > > > > > -- > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com