On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 02:47:43PM -0700, Jason Davis wrote:
> tar: ./2005-01-07_17-00-57/ibdata01.ibz: implausibly old time stamp
> 1969-12-31 17:00:00

For some reason, tar thinks the file's timestamp is 0, or else
the timestamp recorded in the tarball is in fact 0.  (1969-12-31
17:00:00 is the UNIX epoch, converted to your local timezone.)
I'm not sure why it's happening.

Are you sure you're using GNU tar for both the backup and the
restore?  If the backup used gtar but the restore used your
vendor's tar, there might be an incompatibility.

Which version of gtar are you using?  Some versions are known to
be incompatible with Amanda; I haven't seen this particular
problem before, but it's a possibility to consider.  1.13.25 is
the usually recommended version for use with Amanda.  Darn, I
keep forgetting whether anyone has seen problems with 1.14 or
not.  Sorry. :-(

> Here is the output
> of stat of the original file that was backed up
> [...]
> Access: 2005-01-10 13:02:04.000000000 -0700
> Modify: 2005-01-07 17:07:31.000000000 -0700
> Change: 2005-01-07 17:07:31.000000000 -0700

Just out of curiosity, what does stat say about the *restored*
file?

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