filelist -- iso8601 format

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fpefpe
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filelist -- iso8601 format

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Hello — I generally find it problematic to keep track of all files on my usb/thumb drive, so I created a tool to generate a “filelist” efufile. I set up the timestamps in iso8601 for UTC (zulu time) as

yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ

will everything understand this format? The spec for iso8601 noted that with or without the “Z” this time is UTC time. Does everything understand this syntax for the timestamp in the filelist?
void
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Re: filelist -- iso8601 format

Post by void »

Yes.

The Z is required for UTC.
Without the Z, the timestamp is treated as local time.
Offsets are also supported.
For example: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss±00:00

To export filelists with ISO8601 timestamps by default:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    efu
  • Select: efu_filetime
  • Set the value to: ISO8601 (UTC)
  • Click OK.

If no UTC relation information is given with a time representation, the time is assumed to be in local time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Local_time_%28unqualified%29
fpefpe
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Re: filelist -- iso8601 format

Post by fpefpe »

thanks for the update
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