[tz] [PATCH] Port better to POSIX 'touch'

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-07-24 16:55, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2023-07-24 13:59, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
>> Would the built-in ISO format %cI e.g. 2023-07-24T12:44:34-07:00 not be clearer:
> 
> POSIX 'touch' doesn't support that format.

Thanks Paul,

I was not aware most BSD derived implementations and POSIX supported -d only 
with that ISO variant: you have spoiled us with coreutils date-time support ;^>

I use (Cygwin coreutils) touch to back/future date historical, expected, and 
expiry dates on family pics, documents, and files, and many MS GUI interfaces 
and utilities seem to be unhappy using the full range of NTFS file date-times 
1601-01-01..30828-09-14! ;^>

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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