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| author | Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2007-02-07 05:51:58 (GMT) |
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| committer | Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2007-02-07 05:51:58 (GMT) |
| commit | 9b92c82fde2dc42e5ec3240e673549418b88163e (patch) | |
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| parent | 9981b6d915a49d325f790f2aa825aa56ae4ac85c (diff) | |
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Minor timestamp related documentation corrections for fast-import.
As discussed on the mailing list, the documentation used here was
not quite accurate. Improve upon it.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 1fe2c1d..aeddd5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ the format it will use for this import by passing the format name in the `--date-format=<fmt>` command line option. `raw`:: - This is the Git native format and is `<time> SP <tz>`. + This is the Git native format and is `<time> SP <offutc>`. It is also gfi's default format, if `--date-format` was not specified. + @@ -159,15 +159,17 @@ The time of the event is specified by `<time>` as the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch (midnight, Jan 1, 1970, UTC) and is written as an ASCII decimal integer. + -The timezone is specified by `<tz>` as a positive or negative offset -from UTC. For example EST (which is typically 5 hours behind GMT) -would be expressed in `<tz>` by ``-0500'' while GMT is ``+0000''. +The local offset is specified by `<offutc>` as a positive or negative +offset from UTC. For example EST (which is 5 hours behind UTC) +would be expressed in `<tz>` by ``-0500'' while UTC is ``+0000''. +The local offset does not affect `<time>`; it is used only as an +advisement to help formatting routines display the timestamp. + -If the timezone is not available in the source material, use -``+0000'', or the most common local timezone. For example many +If the local offset is not available in the source material, use +``+0000'', or the most common local offset. For example many organizations have a CVS repository which has only ever been accessed by users who are located in the same location and timezone. In this -case the user's timezone can be easily assumed. +case the offset from UTC can be easily assumed. + Unlike the `rfc2822` format, this format is very strict. Any variation in formatting will cause gfi to reject the value. @@ -186,6 +188,11 @@ the malformed string. There are also some types of malformed strings which Git will parse wrong, and yet consider valid. Seriously malformed strings will be rejected. + +Unlike the `raw` format above, the timezone/UTC offset information +contained in an RFC 2822 date string is used to adjust the date +value to UTC prior to storage. Therefore it is important that +this information be as accurate as possible. ++ If the source material is formatted in RFC 2822 style dates, the frontend should let gfi handle the parsing and conversion (rather than attempting to do it itself) as the Git parser has |