Didn't cc this to the group. See email below.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon McKinney" <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] text2pcap with Timecodes - Patch Files
> I agree but the progam that gave the text dump must also decide whether it
> is dumping in standard, daylight time or UTC. Since that information is
lost
> when it is dumped to text we must make a decision. I am happy either way,
> I'll let you make a change as you see fit.
>
> Unless anyone else has a strong opinion.
>
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> Gordon McKinney
> http://www.night-ray.com
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Gordon McKinney" <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 2:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] text2pcap with Timecodes - Patch Files
>
>
> > On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 01:44:00AM -0000, Gordon McKinney wrote:
> > > I am taking the view 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' should decide this
> one
> > > and present no suprises when the text file is *faithfully* represented
> in
> > > the capture file with a daylight saving disposition of zero.
> >
> > If the system was in daylight savings time when the capture was done, I
> > wouldn't call that "faithfully".
> >
> > There should at least be an option to say "I'm converting this in the
> > time zone in which the capture was taken, so assume local DST rules.
> >
>
