[Reproducible-builds] [Debian Wiki] Update of "ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsProposal" by BenBoeckel

[Dhole]

On 09/17/2015 09:47 AM, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> Daniel Kahn Gillmor:
>> Wiki page:
>>> -   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "date" "-u" "-d @${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" "+%d/%m/%Y" OUTPUT_VARIABLE BUILD_DATE)
>> […]
>> Is there a reason above that this example code to translate from
>> SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to a build date doesn't produce ISO-8601-compliant
>> date strings in the BUILD_DATE variable?
> 
> I assume it's because it was initially in a piece of software that used
> the above format. I'd say feel free to replace by a ISO-8601 format
> string if you feel it matters.

Indeed. I took that example from a package I patched that was just using
that date format. I'd also say feel free to replace it by ISO-8601 format.

-- 
Dhole

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