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authorJason Rumney2007-10-21 00:57:13 +0000
committerJason Rumney2007-10-21 00:57:13 +0000
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Change note about timezone problems on Windows.
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@@ -2199,11 +2199,8 @@ of Windows. This is caused by a deficiency in the underlying system
2199library function. 2199library function.
2200 2200
2201The functions set-time-zone-rule, and display-time-world (which uses it) 2201The functions set-time-zone-rule, and display-time-world (which uses it)
2202do not work on Windows. Fixing this is difficult, since Windows uses 2202give incorrect results for many non-US timezones. This is due to a
2203localtime for the system clock, and any attempt to change the timezone 2203limitation in Windows handling of daylight savings.
2204would have to be accompanied by a clock change for the results to remain
2205consistent. The way in which these functions are used is not intended to
2206cause such system-wide disruption.
2207 2204
2208Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a 2205Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a
220932-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'. This affects Dired as 220632-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'. This affects Dired as