[rrd-users] Re: How does timestamp work?

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 03:31:35PM -0300, Giovane Moreira wrote:

> eg: I'm in Brazil, GMT- 3hours.. if I type date +%s, it converts my
> time (15:18) to 18:18 (GMT Time) and then return the timestamp.  That
> means that timestamp depends on your zone time...

Wrong.

If you and I type "date +%s" and press return at the same moment,
the result will be the same (or: they should be the same)

The timestamp does NOT depend on a time zone.

The clock on your wall may be displaying 15:18, the clock on my
wall may be displaying 20:18.  That doesn't matter, the time is
1097345880 for both you and me.

Alex
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