While NTFSPLUS continues to be developed as a new and modern NTFS open-source driver for Linux systems, at the moment NTFS3 from Paragon Software remains the most capable NTFS file-system driver within the mainline kernel. For the Linux 6.19 merge window a variety of fixes have landed for this driver.

While likely to not see too much use in practice, the NTFS3 driver with Linux 6.19 can now support timestamps prior to the year 1970. The first change noted for NTFS3 in the new kernel is pre-Epoch timestamps support for handling dates prior to the start of Unix time on 1 January 1970. NTFS3 had been relying on an unsigned 64-bit type but has now switched to a signed 64-bit type for coping with pre-epoch timestamps. The issue was raised by the xfstests program testing the file-system. But for anyone that may happen to have pre-1970 timestamps, Linux 6.19 fixes things up for NTFS3.

  • Feyd
    26·
    16 days ago

    Finally. This was what was keeping me from using ntfs on Linux

  • illusionist@lemmy.zip
    20·
    16 days ago

    The last time I had a time zone issue was tomorrow and I still can’t figure out how I got there

    • blx@piefed.zipEnglish
      4·
      15 days ago

      What’s the weather like, down then? I’ve got plans for the weekend.

  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    16 days ago

    I cant imagine that being terribly useful but I’m sure now that I’ve said it some one will come up with a reason for why I’m wrong.

    • fruitcantfly
      32·
      16 days ago

      I set the timestamps of my music to its original release date, so that I can sort it chronologically… OK, I don’t actually do that, but now I’m tempted

      • LeFantome
        1·
        13 days ago

        Having the original UNIX source code with fully preserved timestamps?

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          13 days ago

          Yeah I thought of something like that. Something you would pull off of an original tape archive. (An actual tar.) But then why would you put it on ntfs? 🤷

  • bitcrafter
    8·
    15 days ago

    It may have taken a while, but the Year of the Linux Desktop has finally arrived in 1969!

  • chrisbit@leminal.spaceEnglish
    5·
    15 days ago

    Won’t switching from an unsigned 64-bit integer to a signed one of the same size effectively halve how far into the future they can handle dates, exhausting it in 2038?