Re: <date> tag: format and timezone

Branko Čibej <brane@xbc.nu> writes:
> >1. I am not sure what mean the numbers after the 42 seconds...
> ><date>2003-04-30T10:01:42.349105Z</date>
>
> Numbers after a decimal point are usually called a "fraction". In this
> case, since there are six numbers, they indicate millionths of a second,
> also called "microseconds".

I think it was the "Z" that threw him off.

Nonetheless, I laughed out loud at your response :-).

> >2. Do I always get back the UTC time in the <date> tag?
>
> The time zone indicator is part of the time format, so you can determine
> the UTC offset by parsing the timestamp.

If that's the case, which portion of the above timestamp indicates the
time zone? I think the "Z" indicates UTC? (Had this been 'svn log'
instead of 'svn log --xml', *then* the timestamp would clearly
indicate an offset from UTC. Excuse me, I mean Greenwich Mean Time.)

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Received on Thu May 22 22:27:15 2003