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

[Sven Barth]

On 01.11.2011 06:00, waldo kitty wrote:
> 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...

I meant "external" as in "not in the RTL".

Regards,
Sven