Manual:fixTimestamps.php

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Details

fixTimestamps.php file is a maintenance script to fix timestamp corruption caused by one or more webservers temporarily being set to the wrong time.

The time offset must be known and consistent. Start and end times (in 14-character format) restrict the search, and must bracket the damage. There must be a majority of good timestamps in the search period.

Options/Arguments

Argument Description Required?
offset Time offset (in hours) <translate> Required</translate>
start Starting timestamp <translate> Required</translate>
end Ending timestamp <translate> Required</translate>

Usage

php maintenance/purgeChangedFiles.php offset start end


Terminal

See also