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

[Elizabeth Schweinsberg]

>> 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.

Please, please, please don't return the Windows time.  Python does not
have a library or function for dealing with the Windows time, but it
does handle ISO 8601.  And UNIX epoch.  And a quick search for Perl
doesn't show anything for Windows timestamp in the top 5, but also has
a module for ISO8601.

Elizabeth