Re: Different representations of time in ls -l and date(1)

[cyg Simple <cygsimple at gmail dot com>]

On 8/31/2016 11:23 AM, Erik Soderquist wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> So, the answer to your question is determined by what your locale thinks
>> is the appropriate representation; and I have no control over whether
>> Windows' locale defaults will match glibc's locale defaults for en_US or
>> any other locale outside of C.
> 
> 
> It is because I have been burned on this (world wide customers) that I
> know explicitly specify the format I want to work with in my scripts
> and disregard whatever the local is.
> 

In other words, don't trust a default to provide the exact
representation needed for your process to work correctly.  You cannot
control what a default might return so be specific if you have a
specific format required.

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