Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libvhd: use UTC for VHD timestamp

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("Re: [PATCH] libvhd: use UTC for VHD timestamp"):
> Update commit message.

Thanks.

> From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:33:33 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] libvhd: use UTC for VHD timestamp
> 
> [ported from xapi-project/blktap a79ac2c05f9 ("XOP-289: use UTC for VHD
> timestamps")]
> 
> Currently, the local timezone is factored into VHD timestamps due to the
> use of mktime(). This breaks "vhd-util check" for VHDs created in one
> timezone and then moved westward, which results in "primary footer
> invalid: creation time in future" errors.

The existing code here is, erm, "surprising".  Thanks for your
attention to it!

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ian.

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