Re: [PATCH] UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems

[Joe Peterson]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Can we update Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt please?

Here's a patch to that doc file.

	-Joe
Signed-off-by: Joe Peterson <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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--- linux/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt.orig	2008-05-31 12:07:25.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt	2008-07-02 09:40:48.000000000 -0500
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@
 			emulate the Windows 95 rule for create.
 		 Default setting is `lower'.
 
+tz=UTC        -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time.
+                 This option disables the conversion of timestamps
+                 between local time (as used by Windows on FAT) and UTC
+                 (which Linux uses internally).  This is particuluarly
+                 useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras)
+                 that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of
+                 local time.
+
 <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
 
 TODO