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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-29 05:18:55 -0500 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-29 05:18:55 -0500 |
| commit | 9cb352eb2dc528043a85cb30b54ba7a0e45c210f (patch) | |
| tree | 8ca4f14822b727adbea5c793adcecdc636175f81 /src/alf.1 | |
| parent | dcf32e932d5b50120d596f4326c40e5316ee2781 (diff) | |
| download | alftools-9cb352eb2dc528043a85cb30b54ba7a0e45c210f.tar.gz | |
Show 4-digit year with unalf -v.
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -205,11 +205,19 @@ instantaneous, 0.05 seconds, which is more typical of the files you\(aqd actually use this with. .SS Timestamps .sp -The date/time stamps stored in the archive are the \fBmtime\fPs of -the files (which is the same time \fBls\fP(1) shows, by default), and -your local timezone is assumed. Only a 2\-digit year is displayed by -\fBunalf\fP, but the year stored in the \fIALF\fP file doesn\(aqt have a Y2K -problem. It does, however, have a Y2108 problem... +The date/time stamps stored in the archive are the \fBmtime\fPs of the +files (which is the same time \fBls\fP(1) shows, by default), and your +local timezone is assumed (but see the \fB\-td\fP, \fB\-tu\fP, \fB\-tz\fP +options above). There\(aqs no way to store timezone or daylight savings +info in the \fIALF\fP file. +.sp +The year stored in the \fIALF\fP file doesn\(aqt have a Y2K problem. It does, +however, have a Y2108 problem: the range is from 1980 to 2107. +.sp +The timestamp only has 2\-second resolution. Files with odd\-numbered +seconds in the \fImtime\fP will have the number before that (1 => 0, 31 => +30, etc). This is a limitation of the \fIALF\fP file format. Also of the +\fIARC\fP format (I didn\(aqt know that, did you?) .SH COPYRIGHT .sp The original AlfCrunch (\fBDZ.COM\fP and \fBLZ.COM\fP) for the Atari 8\-bit |
