Re: Using -D when updating

[Todd Denniston]

Hans Schwaebli wrote:
> Why doesn't this work?
>    
>   cvs update -D '22 Mar 2007 9:30:00 +0000' -C -d -P -S -f -R -r HEAD script-resources
>    
>   It says:
>   cvs [update aborted]: Can't parse date/time: '22
>    
>   if I use "" instead of '', it says:
>   cvs server: nothing known about script-resources
cvs works with iso 8601 dates:
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_16.html#IDX218
The manual page does indicate something like
"22 Mar 2007 9:30" or "22 Mar 2007 09:30"
should work, but sticking to
"2007-03-22T09:30:00+00:00" is more likely to work consistently.

be aware of the version(s) of CVS you are running, and be aware of the deltas 
between 1.11 and 1.12 time handling... _IIRC_ 11 reports times in log and 
history in UTC, but 12 reports in local time, I am not sure which CVSNT does.
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.12.13/cvs_16.html#IDX238
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.12.13/cvs_16.html#SEC121

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=iso+8601&submit=Search%21&idxname=info-cvs&max=20&result=normal&sort=score

http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601


hope this helps.
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter