inode.7: Note that timestamp fields measure time starting at the Epoch

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man7/inode.7 b/man7/inode.7
index c1023e4790428aebc2b21eab73fd2b4aada76b0a..d18dc5a46195e73d51c563cb94c332f2f43ef025 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/inode.7
+++ b/man7/inode.7
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ This is the file's last status change timestamp.
 It is changed by writing or by setting inode information
 (i.e., owner, group, link count, mode, etc.).
 .PP
+The timestamp fields report time measured with a zero point at the
+.IR Epoch ,
+1970-01-02 00:00:00 +0000, UTC (see
+.BR time (7)).
+.PP
 Nanosecond timestamps are supported on XFS, JFS, Btrfs, and
 ext4 (since Linux 2.6.23).
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