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

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Tue Nov 1 12:49:00 CET 2011


In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said:
> 
> Correct (I had checked as well), but the only purpose that serves 
> is to check whether the system timezone info has changed.
> 
> This is something that normally doesn't happen unless you move your 
> system from one timezone to another or during system setup, so I 
> question the desirability of this check.

E.g. the US DST times have changed in the very recent past. Updates can also
update timezone data.



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