> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Kung [mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:45 PM
> To: dev_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: time stamps in log window sometimes calculated
> incorrectly?
>
> Thomas Hemmer wrote:
> >> Thomas Hemmer wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> yesterday I faced some oddity regarding the calculation of
> >> time values
> >>> within the "show log" dialog using a timezone with DST switching.
> >>> Assume a log entry having its svn:date property set to
> >>> "2008-06-29T19:23:34.171875Z".
> >>> Viewing this log entry today yields
> >> "2008-06-29T20:23:34.171875Z", not
> >>> "2008-06-29T21:23:34.171875Z" as one would expect. During
> >> the summer
> >>> months it will appear correctly as "2008-06-29T21:23:34.171875Z".
> >>> Obviously TSVN determines the time shift dependent on the
> *current*
> >>> DST offset instead of the one due to the date in question.
> >>> The svn command line client, in opposition, behaves like I
> >> would have
> >>> expected.
> >>> Since TSVN uses the core SVN client libraries as well I
> >> can't figure
> >>> why the above mentioned effect happens.
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody have an idea what I am doing wrong?
> >> TSVN always shows you the commit times in your current time zone.
> >> Anything else would be misleading. Sure, that means that the
> > Hmmm, I can't agree with you on this point (which you might
> not find
> > very surprising ;-) ).
> > IMHO we cannot retrospectively refer to a certain point on the time
> > scale by using a notation which depends on which offset
> applies at the
> > time of referral - this is exactly what *I* found misleading...
> >
> >> times are shown differently in summer and winter, but
> that's the time
> >> you're currently referring to and that's what it shows.
> >>
> >> The problem with the approach you might seem to suggest is that it
> >> would show non-linear commits during the 'switch'
> >> hour (the hour the DST is changed).
> > The SVN folks solved this problem by additionally
> displaying the time
> > offset from UTC.
> > Maybe this could be an idea for TSVN, too?
> >
> > No matter whether or not I managed to convince you, thank you a lot
> > for TSVN :-)
>
> Ok, changed in r15630.
>
> Stefan
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