Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:02:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: huntting@glarp.com Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing timezones Message-ID: <200106050202.f5522Z434463@earth.backplane.com> References: <200106042325.f54NPoL77213@hunkular.glarp.com>
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:When /etc/localtime changes (because the machine moves to a different
:timezone), how is one supposed keep up on current temporal events?
:
:I get the feeling tzset() and tzsetwall() should be checking to
:see if the timezone has changed since they were last called (they
:dont currently).
:
:Any thoughts?
:
:brad
Well, you definitely don't want to rip the current timezone
out from under a running program. That could lead to a mess.
I do occassionally notice timezone issues from long running
programs such as sendmail and syslogd when I've forgotten
to set the timezone in a new install, but I usually just
reboot to ensure that everything has started from a clean
slate. It is also fairly easily to simply restart the
effected servers. I'm not sure an automated solution is really
desireable. Timezones generally never change except maybe
on a laptop and laptops get powered up and down all the time
anyway.
-Matt
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