(from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918399) Description of problem: The modification time of listed files (with --list-only option) is in current local timezone except the case of using rsync:// protocol. Time in UTC is listed in such case. ## The current timezone is CET, +1 hour # date +%Z CET # rsync -a --list-only /root/local/ localhost::remote drwxr-xr-x 4096 2013/01/25 14:06:05 . -rw-r--r-- 20000000 2013/01/25 14:06:05 bigfile # rsync -a --list-only /root/local/ drwxr-xr-x 4096 2013/01/25 15:06:05 . -rw-r--r-- 20000000 2013/01/25 15:06:05 bigfile #3 rsync -a --list-only /root/local/ localhost:/root/remote root@localhost's password: drwxr-xr-x 4096 2013/01/25 15:06:05 . -rw-r--r-- 20000000 2013/01/25 15:06:05 bigfile Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rsync-3.0.9-5.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set up and run an rsync daemon with some module, e.g. "remote" 2. Run commands and see the different results: rsync -a --list-only /root/local/ rsync -a --list-only /root/local/ localhost::remote Actual results: The listed times differ depending on wheather remote rsync destination is given or not Expected results: Either consistent output (both timestamps in the same timezone) or some note in help why this happens (in case there is some purpose for this behaviour) --- Additional comment from Michal Trunecka on 2013-01-25 09:38:13 EST --- And if the files are actualy transfered with the times listed using --out-format option, the time is printed also in the local timezone. So only the listing with remote rsync destination lists the files with UTC timestamps. # rsync -a --out-format '%n%L %M' /root/local/ localhost::remote ./ 2013/01/25-15:06:05 bigfile 2013/01/25-15:06:05
rsync always outputs the time in whatever timezone the process is setup in. If your ssh login is different from the daemon, you'll get a different output. You can always change your daemon by tweaking its environment when it is started (e.g. set TZ), and you can affect a remote-shell run rsync via an --rsync-path option (e.g. have it set TZ before running rsync). Rsync doesn't have a way to export a TZ setting from the client to the server, and I don't plan to add one.