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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Maurice Kinal on Tue Jan 20 20:36:00 2026
    Hello Maurice Kinal!

    ** On Monday 19.01.26 - 03:27, Maurice Kinal wrote to Maurice Kinal:

    Hej Maurice!

    I built the same version of busybox on the Europoint

    $ ./_install/bin/busybox date -Ins
    2026-01-19T03:31:42,219647248+00:00

    :::evil grin:::

    I'm a bad, bad boy.


    In reply to your netmail, this is the only message I can find
    with "date -ins"

    It didn't seem like you wanted to me to reply in kind, but here it is:

    H:\temp>busybox date -Ins
    2026-01-20T20:25:49,906250000-05:00

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.64
    * Origin: Got Mobile? This echo = https://t.me/+RLI5gLJrHo6IIuzL (2:221/1.58)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to August Abolins on Wed Jan 21 01:46:53 2026
    Hej August!

    H:\temp>busybox date -Ins
    2026-01-20T20:25:49,906250000-05:00

    Thank you. Definetly a good sign. You've renewed my faith.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    -o o- o- o- o- o- o- o- o- o- -o o- -o o- -o -o
    (\ /) /) /) /) /) /) /) /) /) (\ /) (\ /) (\ (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!
    At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From Aug@2:460/256 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Jan 21 05:20:27 2026
    Hi Maurice...

    Hej August!
    H:\temp>busybox date -Ins
    2026-01-20T20:25:49,906250000-05:00
    Thank you. Definetly a good sign. You've renewed my faith.
    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice
    -o o- o- o- o- o- o- o- o- o- -o o- -o o- -o -o
    (\ /) /) /) /) /) /) /) /) /) (\ /) (\ /) (\ (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!
    At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!

    ..but isn't yours,

    $ ./_install/bin/busybox date -Ins
    2026-01-19T03:31:42,219647248+00:00

    ..incorrect with the TZ offset?

    --
    /|ug
    https://t.me/aabolins

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Aug on Wed Jan 21 02:55:54 2026
    Hey Aug!

    ..but isn't yours,

    $ ./_install/bin/busybox date -Ins
    2026-01-19T03:31:42,219647248+00:00

    ..incorrect with the TZ offset?

    Nope. It is bang on. All my machines sync their clocks to UTC. Doesn't everybody? Anyhow easy enough to convert. On my regular linux box;

    $ TZ=PST8PDT date --date="2026-01-19T03:31:42,219647248+00:00" 2026-01-18T19:31:42,219647248-08:00

    but then it screws up a proper sort ... not that it would matter any to me. What REALLY matters is that nanosecond output is doable today and, perhaps when I get my hands on a hardware clock that can resolve to a nanosecond, accurate to a nanosecond. I'll need to upgrade all the networking hardware to take advantage of it but by that time I'll probably want to do that anyhow.

    I call it future compatibilty.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    -o -o o- o- -o -o -o -o o- -o o- -o
    (\ (\ /) /) (\ (\ (\ (\ /) (\ /) (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel.
    Fate ever goes as it must.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Maurice Kinal on Wed Jan 21 03:30:59 2026
    Hej Maurice!

    $ TZ=PST8PDT date --date="2026-01-19T03:31:42,219647248+00:00"

    You forgot the formatting string at the end. The above should have been;

    $ TZ=PST8PDT date --date="2026-01-19T03:31:42,219647248+00:00" +"%FT%T,%N%:z" 2026-01-18T19:31:42,219647248-08:00

    Much better now. The above format matches busybox's output for the 'date -Ins' command.

    Not that any of this matters any but this way we can at least pretend to care about compatibilty issues with XP. :::shudder:::

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    -o o- -o o- o- o- o- -o -o -o o- -o -o o- o- -o
    (\ /) (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ /) /) (\
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... I've got squirrels in my pants!
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)