<div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div>As I continue to understand the nuances of using rsync for our business I am now coming across some time zone questions I could use some guidance on.<div><br></div><div>My test environment is on a Windows 7 box using Cygwin for rsync. The production environment may or may not be a Linux box. Just in case this distinction matters.....</div>
<div><br></div><div>We are planning on using rsync to synchronize our local storage with cloud storage and we would like to preserve timestamps. What I've noticed is that on a Windows machine, the timestamp of a file changes when the time zone changes. I can SFTP the same file using different time zones configurations while preserving timestamps and this will affect the timestamp of the file on the server in the cloud. If I use rsync (and preserve the timestamp, option -t), then the timestamp on the cloud server "appears" to be my current time zone, regardless of my Windows time zone configuration. I say "appears" because I hesitate to make any assumption without having more information on how rsync handles time zones and timestamps. Does anyone have any insight or details that I can read up on so I may understand how rsync handles timestamps, time zones, etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for any help</div><div><br></div><div>Frank</div>