file date/time stamps
- Ed_P
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file date/time stamps
The date/time stamp of files written to Windows readable volumes (NTFS, FAT32, FAT16) by Porteus appear to be GMT date/time when viewed in Windows systems' Windows Explorer.
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Actually the difference is -4 hrs. A file created by Porteus at 1:00am shows as 9:00pm the day before. GMT/UTC would be -5 hrs.
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Actually the difference is -4 hrs. A file created by Porteus at 1:00am shows as 9:00pm the day before. GMT/UTC would be -5 hrs.
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Re: file date/time stamps
@Ed_P:
My time stamps of files in Porteus show local time of creation.
My clock shows also local time.
When I hover the mouse over the clock, a popup shows local time and UTC correctly.
Hack until you get the same result and you are in.
Regards!
My time stamps of files in Porteus show local time of creation.
My clock shows also local time.
When I hover the mouse over the clock, a popup shows local time and UTC correctly.
Hack until you get the same result and you are in.
Regards!

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Re: file date/time stamps
Well, my BIOS shows my System Time as being 19:18.
Windows shows my time as being 7:17, UTC-0500 Eastern Time
Porteus shows my time as being 7:30 PM
This is a DIR listing of some of my files in Windows.
This is an LS listing of some of the same files in Porteus.
The test.sh file shows as 10:44 AM in Windows, and as 14:44 in Porteus. The latter time is when I last saved the file.
Now, having a career in banking I like numbers to be consistent, across all OSs; Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, whether amounts, dates or times.
Any other ideas?
Windows shows my time as being 7:17, UTC-0500 Eastern Time
Porteus shows my time as being 7:30 PM
This is a DIR listing of some of my files in Windows.
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Volume in drive D is Data
Volume Serial Number is 6B8B-F780
Directory of D:\porteus\Guest
06/09/2014 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
06/09/2014 07:23 PM 0 dir.txt
06/09/2014 07:23 PM <DIR> .
06/09/2014 10:44 AM 410 test.sh
06/09/2014 10:28 AM <DIR> Downloads
06/09/2014 10:26 AM 105,698 porteus-uefi-usb-installer-v3.X.sh
06/09/2014 10:26 AM 592 porteus-UEFI-tweak.txt
06/09/2014 10:26 AM 188 nukesdb.sh
06/09/2014 06:27 AM 1,467 porteus-uefi.sh
06/06/2014 08:15 PM 117 guestGuest.sh
06/06/2014 11:45 AM 84 removeUSB.sh
06/06/2014 11:43 AM 5,555 gdiskUSB.txt
06/04/2014 08:22 PM 105,083 porteus-uefi-usb-installer-v3.0.sh
06/04/2014 08:22 PM 80 games.sh
06/04/2014 12:28 PM 1,765 firefox-portable.txt
06/02/2014 09:11 PM 154 savedat2xzm.sh
06/02/2014 08:46 PM 1,082 restores.sh
06/02/2014 08:46 PM 800 backups.sh
06/02/2014 08:16 PM 88 uuid.sh
06/01/2014 09:09 PM 1,550 savedatspaceused.sh
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guest@porteus:~$ ls -c -lt /mnt/sda5/porteus/Guest
total 313
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 410 Jun 9 14:44 test.sh*
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 Jun 9 14:28 Downloads/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 105698 Jun 9 14:26 porteus-uefi-usb-installer-v3.X.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 592 Jun 9 14:26 porteus-UEFI-tweak.txt*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 188 Jun 9 14:26 nukesdb.sh*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 52 Jun 9 14:26 en.dic -> /usr/share/dict/en.dic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jun 9 14:26 boot.log -> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1467 Jun 9 10:28 porteus-uefi.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 92 Jun 7 05:47 messages.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 117 Jun 7 00:15 guestGuest.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 84 Jun 6 19:37 removeUSB.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5555 Jun 6 15:46 gdiskUSB.txt*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 105083 Jun 5 00:22 porteus-uefi-usb-installer-v3.0.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 80 Jun 5 00:22 games.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1765 Jun 4 16:28 firefox-portable.txt*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 154 Jun 3 01:21 savedat2xzm.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1082 Jun 3 00:47 restores.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 800 Jun 3 00:47 backups.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 88 Jun 3 00:18 uuid.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1550 Jun 2 01:12 savedatspaceused.sh*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 717 Jun 1 02:49 savedatremovewhfiles.sh*
Now, having a career in banking I like numbers to be consistent, across all OSs; Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, whether amounts, dates or times.
Any other ideas?
- wread
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Re: file date/time stamps
You did not understand my post.
Please state what you get, when you hover the mouse over the clock. If you don't get it right, then your Porteus is not configured correctly.
Porteus is right, your configuration may be wrong, I meant.
Regards!
Please state what you get, when you hover the mouse over the clock. If you don't get it right, then your Porteus is not configured correctly.
Porteus is right, your configuration may be wrong, I meant.
Regards!
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Re: file date/time stamps
Ok. I get a long banner just over the time that shows, at this point:wread wrote:Please state what you get, when you hover the mouse over the clock.
Monday, June 9, 2014 11:19 PM Local time zone must be set-- see zic manual page
If I right click on the time and click on Configure "Date and Time" or Configure Panel... I don't see anything relating to a Local time zone.
Do note I am referring to the time in the lower right hand corner of the desktop, not the clock in the upper right corner. Hovering over it with the mouse displays nothing.
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Re: file date/time stamps
if you use 'timezone=' cheatcode then try to remove it this way porteus will stick to the 'localtime' (time from BIOS - same as windows).
Please add [Solved] to your thread title if the solution was found.
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Re: file date/time stamps
??fanthom wrote:if you use 'timezone=' cheatcode then try to remove it
Confused. Many timezones according to /usr/sbin/timeconfig. Do I use timezone=right/US/Eastern, posix/US/Eastern, Etc/GMT-5, America/New_York, US/Eastern, or ?? Many choices. And are you saying that I use it, boot with it, then remove it and reboot?
Sorry, but I don't understand what you want me to do.
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Re: file date/time stamps
Porteus is proud of the FASTEST KDE ever made.....(take akonadi, nepomuk and soprano out and you will have a decent OS).
The Porteus Community never sleeps!
The Porteus Community never sleeps!
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Re: file date/time stamps
wread wrote:Try this module;


I put it in my modules folder and activated it and it is working already.
Thank you


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Re: file date/time stamps
What is this black magic?
How do i become super user?
Wear your underpants on the outside and put on a cape.
Wear your underpants on the outside and put on a cape.
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Re: file date/time stamps
Indeed. How will I change the time to EST this fall?brokenman wrote:What is this black magic?
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Re: file date/time stamps
We are descendants from Slackware, aren't we 

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Re: file date/time stamps
Actually I am a descendent of Windows.
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Re: file date/time stamps
Did you use the command timeconfig to create the module wread?
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Re: file date/time stamps
Configure date and time settings>New York
Then make a module>etc>localtime, that's all
Then make a module>etc>localtime, that's all

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