[fpc-devel] Problem with Now() and time changed by ntpd

waldo kitty wkitty42 at windstream.net
Tue Nov 1 06:00:51 CET 2011


On 10/31/2011 15:47, Sven Barth wrote:
> Maybe a possibilty should be implemented in unit Unix to reread the timezone
> file. This wouldn't solve your problem directly, but it would at least provide
> the ability to update the time zone information without restarting the
> application/service. The trigger would need to come from an external source
> though (maybe by checking that timezone database that was in the media some
> weeks ago).

why should the trigger come from an external source? it is easy enough to have a 
routine watch and adjust automatically which could trigger the re-read sought...




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