Timezone Differences

The FTP site may be in a different timezone or may be configured to always save files with time/date stamps relative to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

Such a time difference will cause problems with Robo-FTP’s time/date comparisons (i.e., the FILECOMPARETO script command, the /ifnewer option on the SENDFILE command, etc.) if not accounted for.

Robo-FTP permits this timezone difference to be accounted for in two ways. Using the TIMEZONE script command is the recommended method. This command was introduced in Robo-FTP v2.0. In previous versions, the method was to specify the /tz option on the appropriate script commands. The /tz option is still supported but with the introduction of the TIMEZONE command, this method has been deprecated.

The timezone difference is specified with a positive or negative integer which represents the number of hours that must be added to, or subtracted from, the current server time so that the resulting time matches your PC.