[p4] is it possible to use an epoch value as a revision for command line opperations?

[Shawn Hladky]

I looked into this a bit, and parsing the offset from the server may be
nearly impossible if the server's timezone adjust for daylight savings.  The
offset (like -0600) is for today, and doesn't take into account whether the
server is in daylight time today or not.  The time-zone name from p4 info
appears to be OS-specific, and it would be a nightmare trying to map all the
names to the real timezone.  I was using the .Net framework, which doesn't
even have an API for converting between timezones (other than local), and
there's a bug in Windows around historical timezones after the DST change
this year.

However, to answer the specific question "what was the most recently
submitted CL on each server as of 3:00:00 GMT yesterday,"  you could just
use the offset, if it's OK to be an hour off twice a year.

It makes me wonder, do people setup their server to be in GMT timezone (or
not follow DST) just to avoid these headaches?



On 4/15/07, David Casey <dacasey at adobe.com> wrote:
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> For example, use integ (?)1176662685 instead of integ
> @2007/04/15:14:44:45.
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> I work with different servers in different timezones, and would like to
> get the most recently submitted CL as of a certain snap time.
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> (for example, what was the most recently submitted CL on each server as
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> Is this possible, or do I need to parse the serverDate offset from p4
> info and then hope I can get my timezone/daylight savings math correct?
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> Thanks,
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> -Dave
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