From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Joe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:08:08 +0900
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Joe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com> writes:

> I just looked at the FAT32 specification from Microsoft, and nowhere
> does it say that FAT timestamps are in local time.  It does not mention
> local time, time standards, or time zones at all.  Here it is:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/fatgen.mspx
>
> So there is nothing inherent in FAT's design or specification that
> requires dates and times to be in local time.  It appears it is up to
> the OS or device to convey a meaning by how the timestamps are used.
> For this reason, I do not consider it a hack or a design
> change/violation to optionally use UTC for the timestamps on a given FAT
> volume.

This is not interesting argument. That mentions MSDOS/Windows
everywhere, you just ignored it.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
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