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Re: B20.1 gettimeofday returns incorrect tv_secs
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: B20.1 gettimeofday returns incorrect tv_secs
- From: Jeffrey Juliano <juliano at cs dot unc dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:41:49 -0400
Paul Berrevoets wrote:
>Fixed in recent snapshots:
>
> 1999-06-04 DJ Delorie <dj@cygnus.com>
>
> * times.cc (totimeval): scale sub properly.
> (gettimeofday): don't bias by timezone.
Thanks for posting the changelog entry. However, I still have a
question.
In this changelog entry, and in the mail archive, I've seen many
references to a /timezone bias/ bug(fix). But, I haven't found anything
specifically addressing whether the following problem has been fixed:
* in cygwin B20.1, the zero point for the result of gettimeofday is
not 1970. Instead it is (either when the computer was turned
on or when you logged in?)
* this causes problems when trying to synch the clocks between
a unix box and a cygwin NT box.
I hope this has been changed as well in recent snapshots. can someone
please verify? If so, are they in the version on the CD released last
week?
[FWIW, neither "scale" now "timezone bias"
sounds to me like what I'm describing]
thanks,
-jeff
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