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Re: Tcpdump time discrepancy (vs ethereal/tcptrace)


From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:21:36 -0400

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"Guy" == Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:
    Guy> If that's still valid, we should probably have it set
    Guy> "thiszone" to "gmt2local(time stamp of first packet)" after
    Guy> reading, but before processing, the first packet, so the offset
    Guy> from UTC is appropriate to the time of the first packet, not to
    Guy> the time when tcpdump called "time()" in "gmt2local()".

  I think your analysis is right.

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