Question about Keyword Expansion

M2r4Miller · Post by **M2r4Miller** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:37 am

In the Admin.pdf, on page 18, under the heading "Time Formats" it states that date/time formats will display the timezone after the time stamp.

For example, here is the results of the $Log: $ keyword expansion in one of my files:

* ****************** Version 7 ******************
* User: Mark D. Miller Date: 2006-05-11 Time: 11:13:55-05:00
* Updated in: /SPA/prgs
* What is difference between $Log and $History?

My question is this - I am in Central timezone which is -06:00, but the time stamp is showing -5.

I have checked my date/time settings on my workstation and the Vault server and both machines show Central tz (-6). Why does Vault expand the keyword with the wrong timezone displayed?

I am using version 3.1.8, downloaded and installed on 5/9/2006.

Thanks!

sterwill · Post by **sterwill** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:01 am

If your time zone is Central Daylight Time instead of Central Standard Time, the offset from UTC is 5 hours this time of year, and local times will be displayed with this offset. Is your operating system set to use DST?

M2r4Miller · Post by **M2r4Miller** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:07 am

Yes, my systems are set to DST. That explains it!

Thanks.