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

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Marco van de Voort wrote:

> 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.

This falls under 'system setup'.

Michael.