On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:49:54 +0200 Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@bononia.it> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:31:37PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > That is not really a valid reason either because converting a timestamp > > from a changelog entry to any other timezone or format is trivial: > > > > $ D="$(zgrep "^ -- " /usr/share/doc/apt/changelog.Debian.gz | \ > > > head -1 | sed "s/^.*> //")" > > $ date -uRd "$D" > > "Trivial" is something I can do without having the need of thinking > about an implementation of it. I guess you spent a couple of minutes > writing the above shell script snippet. I think every person that reads a changelog can do the math for each entry by hand in a fraction of a second... > But of course you're right in stating that it's possible and it's not a > big deal to do the conversion. My question is: what's the benefit of > localized timestamps? I want to know if the only reason we have is: > "just because it's nice". It is added information. For example it is useful to know that somebody uploaded at 03:12 in _his timezone_, if he/she made it so late, it probably worth double checking it before you install;) grts Tim
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