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@@ -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 |