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Re: 1.5.0 - gettimeofday() out of sync with Windows time
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:08:27 -0400
- Subject: Re: 1.5.0 - gettimeofday() out of sync with Windows time
- References: <3F1701B7.5000201@integrian.com> <3F171ABE.6020205@cygwin.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 05:53:02PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote:
>Chris Church wrote:
>
>>I'm using version 1.5.0 of the cygwin1.dll on Windows 2000
>>Professional. I've also seen the problem described below on earlier
>>versions of cygwin (1.3.22).
>>
>>I've found that the gettimeofday() and ftime() functions do not always
>>return the correct system time as reported by Windows. The time()
>>function, however, always remains in sync with Windows time. This
>>discrepancy occurs when an application is started, then the Windows
>>system time changes, then the application calls gettimeofday() or
>>ftime() to retrieve the current system time. Both gettimeofday() and
>>ftime() always report the same incorrect time. It also appears that the
>>time as reported by gettimeofday() and ftime() is based on a counter
>>that is initialized to match the system time, but once started,
>>increments at a constant rate regardless of any changes to the Windows
>>time. (I have not yet dug into the source for Cygwin to see how these
>>functions are implemented.) Finally, the time reported by
>>gettimeofday() and ftime(), when used within an application that runs
>>for an extended period of time, will drift from the Windows time.
>>
>>Is this a known issue with Cygwin, and are there any patches available?
>
>Not yet. But this was mentioned on the developer's list this morning
>and someone is looking at the problem.
Sorry, no, no one is looking at the problem. It's been a known problem
since the implementation.
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