Re: Should the tcpdump tests be run with TZ=GMT0, or should the AFS printer print time stamps in UTC?

[Francois-Xavier Le Bail <devel.fx.lebail () orange fr>]

On 04/08/2018 03:14, Guy Harris wrote:
> Currently, the tcpdump tests for AFS fail if you're not in the time zone where the .out files were generated, because 
> AFS time stamps are printed as local time rather than as UTC.
>
> Should we run the tcpdump tests with TZ=GMT0 (at least on UN*X), so that all time stamps are interpreted as UTC?

Yes, setting TZ=GMT0 in TESTrun.sh and update-test.sh.

Like that, we could run the tests without the '-t' option and get problems/changes in time printing
functions. Need an update to the current tests outputs.

> Or should the AFS printer show time stamps as UTC rather than as local time in the time zone where tcpdump is being 
> run?

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