Re: Bug#417261: dch: please use dates in UTC
On ma, 2007-04-02 at 19:26 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> Given how easy it is to canonicalise the timestamp data, the fact that
> it's data loss and the questionable utility of the information why is it
> worth it?
Maintaining status quo is easy. Making programs that compare timestamps
understand time zones is easy. Having to mentally compare timestamps in
different time zones is not always easy. Changing dch to use UTC for
timestamps is easy. Getting people who edit debian/changelog by hand to
always remember that it's UTC and not local time is not going work.
My gut feeling is that there's more people who edit the timestamp
manually than those who compare them mentally, so I'm in favor of
maintaining status quo.
The bikeshed should be pink, anyway.
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