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authorJoe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com>2008-07-25 01:46:48 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-25 10:53:34 -0700
commit41003cde95e7e976d3876dbdcdc83dd0a9059279 (patch)
treefdd52c7e7cfcd27ef80f211eb6e672938edc1e34 /Documentation
parentb271e067c896ad4082b15e96077675d08db40625 (diff)
UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems fix
Signed-off-by: Joe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index 2d5e1e582e1..bbac4f1d905 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/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