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| author | Jason Rumney | 2007-10-21 00:57:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason Rumney | 2007-10-21 00:57:13 +0000 |
| commit | 1457ce0f2f635117a6d4e6a9336e66247f73d7a1 (patch) | |
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Change note about timezone problems on Windows.
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diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 76753c38066..97b3d392c35 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS | |||
| @@ -2199,11 +2199,8 @@ of Windows. This is caused by a deficiency in the underlying system | |||
| 2199 | library function. | 2199 | library function. |
| 2200 | 2200 | ||
| 2201 | The functions set-time-zone-rule, and display-time-world (which uses it) | 2201 | The functions set-time-zone-rule, and display-time-world (which uses it) |
| 2202 | do not work on Windows. Fixing this is difficult, since Windows uses | 2202 | give incorrect results for many non-US timezones. This is due to a |
| 2203 | localtime for the system clock, and any attempt to change the timezone | 2203 | limitation in Windows handling of daylight savings. |
| 2204 | would have to be accompanied by a clock change for the results to remain | ||
| 2205 | consistent. The way in which these functions are used is not intended to | ||
| 2206 | cause such system-wide disruption. | ||
| 2207 | 2204 | ||
| 2208 | Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a | 2205 | Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a |
| 2209 | 32-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'. This affects Dired as | 2206 | 32-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'. This affects Dired as |