[Scons-users] Thoughts on changing datestamp format in docs/code and supporting overriding build date with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

[Russel Winder]

On Sat, 2018-10-13 at 23:17 -0400, Bill Deegan wrote:
> Please take a moment to review this PR.
> 
> "Allow to override build date with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
> https://github.com/SCons/scons/pull/3221
> 
> Besides allowing the shell environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to
> override the datestamp embedded in the distribution package and the
> documents, it's also altering the datestamp format from:
> 
> From:
> %Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S

Non-standard format.

> To:
> %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

ISO 9601 alternative format, but not preferred.

> Thoughts?

Using ISO 8601 for dates is always a good idea.

> -Bill
> SCons Project Co-Manager
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