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Re: How do I diff from 'add' to rev 1.1?
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: How do I diff from 'add' to rev 1.1? |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:50:38 -0400 (EDT) |
Holger writes:
>
> This works:
> cvs -q diff -u --new-file -D "1970-01-02" -r 1.1
>
> This doesn't:
> cvs -q diff -u --new-file -D "1970-01-01" -r 1.1
>
> "cvs [diff aborted]: Can't parse date/time: 1970-01-01"
>
> Go figure!
Try "1970-01-01 UTC". User-specified times are assumed to be in local
time. If 1970-01-01 in your local timezone is before 1970-01-01 UTC, it
won't be representable when converted to UTC, which prompts the above
error.
-Larry Jones
Mr. Subtlety drives home another point. -- Calvin
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