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

[zeljko]

On Monday 31 of October 2011 20:47:07 Sven Barth wrote:

> 
> fpgettimeofday uses exactly what it says on the tin: gettimeofday. See
> here: http://linux.die.net/man/2/gettimeofday

Yes, I've readed man page of gettimeofday already.

> 
> The fp* functions in Linux by default call directly the kernel instead
> of going through libc, thus avoiding the dependency on that library.

that's ok, but afaik gettimeofday is deprecated.

> 
> 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).

Don't know what to do ... I must fix this asap somehow ... even with using my 
own Now() implementation by calling libc ... don't know ... this pissed me off 
totally.

zeljko

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