[RPM Spec] Shall we use Local time or UTC for %changelog date?

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Ding Yi Chen wrote:
> Hi list,
> I recently ran into an interesting problem related to time zone.
>
> I live in time zone GMT+10.
> On 0:10, 18th July,
> I wrote my changelog as:
> * Mon Jul 18 2011 ......
> ....
>
> And then run rpmlint, which give me:
> <packageName>: E: changelog-time-in-future 2011-07-18
>
> So I am wondering which one I should use: local time or convert it to UTC?

Certainly convert it to UTC.

As at any other international things (post, airports) the time must be 
unique.

Regards,
Dmitry Butskoy
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DmitryButskoy