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[Jarno Suni <612292@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was running rsync simulation from Meego's (= the linux OS of my Nokia
N9) vfat partition to Ubuntu 13.10's linux partition yesterday (after
the clocks had been moved) and it was telling it is going to copy all
the "summer" files that seemed to be 1 hour newer. I did not do full run
based on modification times, but added --size-only option to prevent re-
copying the files with the same content. Oddly, when I looked at the
local files and remote files (connected as vfat mass storage by USB) on
Ubuntu today, I saw no difference between the timestamps of both
directories. I played with time and date settings of both Ubuntu and
Meego, but I could not reproduce the difference between times on either,
when viewed in Ubuntu. However, the modification times look correct only
when viewing within Meego (e.g. in terminal). When I view in Ubuntu, the
modification times are 2 hours too old regardles of whether they are
modified on summer time or winter time. (Here in Finland timezone is +3
during summer time and +2 during winter time.) I am confused.

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Title:
  Wrong timestamps on FAT32 partitions

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  When I mount a FAT32 partition, many files appear to have wrong
  timestamps. Specifically, during the winter months (Standard Time) all
  files modified in summer appear having their timestamps shifted by +1
  hour. During the summer months (when Daylight Savings is in effect)
  these files have correct timestamps, but all the winter files have
  their timestamps shifted by -1 hour!

  When observing the same files under WinXP or Win98, timestamps always
  appear the same.

  The VFAT driver of Linux should not modify the timestamps, depending
  on whether DST is in effect or not. The driver should respect the
  timestamps of the FAT32 partition. FAT32 stores timestamps according
  to the local wall-clock time, not UTC, so there is absolutely no need
  for conversions.

  This problem causes rsync to copy hundreds of files from FAT32 to EXT3
  partitions, twice a year, without any reason.

  Thank you for your precious time!

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDmesg:
   [   30.652222] r8169: eth0: link up
   [   30.652227] r8169: eth0: link up
   [   41.160007] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3cb64f18-eadd-4088-a233-e77650fbcce5
  MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7519
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux-image-2.6.28-19-generic 2.6.28-19.61
  ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=5220bc1b-b6d8-4b61-a6cc-bb5cd4609375 ro quiet splash vga=794
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-19.61-generic
  SourcePackage: linux

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