From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29006 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2007 23:07:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 28945 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Feb 2007 23:07:21 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nile.gnat.com (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:07:14 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA6C48D1C1 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:07:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from nile.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nile.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11515-01-10 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:07:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from takamaka.act-europe.fr (unknown [70.71.0.212]) by nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D6348D134 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:07:12 -0500 (EST) Received: by takamaka.act-europe.fr (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EC0B6E7972; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:07:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:07:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: ChangeLog entry dates... Message-ID: <20070227230716.GQ13153@adacore.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-02/txt/msg00357.txt.bz2 Hello, I have a question/suggestion regarding the date that should be used in a ChangeLog entry, like so: 2007-02-27 Joel Brobecker I suggest we try to use the UTC date at the time the change was checked in. With contributors such as Nick that leave at UTC+something in New Zealand (according to email address), and folks like myself that leave on the West Coast of North America, which is UTC-lots, it's very easy to have entries that is one day ahead of me, thus breaking the date ordering... -- Joel