08-28-2009
UNIX filesystems have no creation time for files. The ctime is the last time the file metadata (inode) was changed - this most often amounts to when the file was created. But there is no guarantee somebody did not execute chmod or some other command on the file - a command that changes ctime.
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zdump(1M) System Administration Commands zdump(1M)
NAME
zdump - time zone dumper
SYNOPSIS
zdump [-v] [-c cutoffyear] [zonename...]
DESCRIPTION
The zdump command prints the current time for each time zone (zonename) listed on the command line. Specify zonename as the name of the
time zone database file relative to /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo.
Specifying an invalid time zone (zonename) to zdump does not return an error, rather zdump uses GMT. This is consistent with the behav-
ior of the library calls; zdump reflects the same behavior of the time routines in libc. See ctime(3C) and mktime(3C).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-v Displays the entire contents of the time zone database file for zonename. Prints the time at the lowest possible time
value; the time one day after the lowest possible time value; the times both one second before and exactly at each time at
which the rules for computing local time change; the time at the highest possible time value; and the time at one day less
than the highest possible time value. See mktime(3C) and ctime(3C) for information regarding time value (time_t). Each
line of output ends with isdst=1 if the given time is Daylight Saving Time, or isdst=0 otherwise.
-c cutoffyear Cuts off the verbose output near the start of the year cutoffyear.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
1 An error occurred.
FILES
/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo Standard zone information directory
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
zic(1M), ctime(3C), mktime(3C), attributes(5), environ(5)
SunOS 5.10 19 May 1997 zdump(1M)