Re: [Libguestfs] [Hivex][PATCH v2] Report last-modified time of hive root and nodes

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:24:05PM -0700, Alex‎ Nelson wrote: >> These changes are bringing the hivexml program into a file system >> analysis suite that deals with many different file system types, >> each with their own timestamp recording quirks, and even some file >> formats which have yet more quirks.  We think that ISO 8601 is the >> best umbrella output format, with an additional XML attribute noting >> the time granularity (like FAT's 2-second and 1-day granularities). >> That's why we're outputting strings in C, which, yes, feels wrong, >> but simplifies parsing outside of the scope of hivexml.  We're >> dealing with the time presentation proactively. > > Reading this over again, I think you may be confusing how the hivex > API/library returns the data and how hivexml displays the data.  The > two are completely different things.  You can have hivexml displaying > the data as an ISO 8601 string (in fact, I would say that is a very > good choice).  But that does not in any way require that the C API > returns a string. Ah, understood.  Ok, in that case I'm fine with changing things as you suggested.  Next patch coming soon.