[PATCH] default ps -W process start time to system boot time when inaccessible, 0, -1

[Brian Inglis]

On 2019-03-23 13:49, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 3/23/19 1:41 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
>> Corinna Vinschen writes:
>>>> replacing one lie with another that is less easy to spot doesn't sound
>>>> the right thing to do.  How about ps if reported "N/A" or something to
>>>> that effect instead?
>>> 1 Jan 1970 may also be a good hint...
>> Well, that was the point: I can deduce just from that date that ps
>> didn't actually get data for the start time.  If it starts replacing
>> this with the start time of the system instead, it might take a while
>> for me to see what is going on.
> On the other hand, the lie is pretty realistic - the program can't have
> been running longer than your computer has been powered on, and all such
> affected programs will have the same timestamp.

This change is an attempt to mitigate the output from converting time_t 0 to
local time.
Are there system processes for which the boot time is not a close approximation
of the actual process start time as shown by wmic or in an elevated shell?
That's all I'm seeing on my home non-domain system.
Suggestions for other more usable approaches are welcome.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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