The patch titled
UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems fix
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utc-timestamp-option-for-fat-filesystems-fix.patch
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Subject: UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems fix
From: Joe Peterson <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Peterson <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt~utc-timestamp-option-for-fat-filesystems-fix Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt~utc-timestamp-option-for-fat-filesystems-fix
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed
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
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
fatfs-add-utc-timestamp-option.patch
utc-timestamp-option-for-fat-filesystems-fix.patch
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