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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v [EMACS_22_BASE]


From: Jason Rumney
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v [EMACS_22_BASE]
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:57:13 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Branch:         EMACS_22_BASE
Changes by:     Jason Rumney <jasonr>   07/10/21 00:57:13

Index: PROBLEMS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.223.2.19
retrieving revision 1.223.2.20
diff -u -b -r1.223.2.19 -r1.223.2.20
--- PROBLEMS    17 Oct 2007 22:27:24 -0000      1.223.2.19
+++ PROBLEMS    21 Oct 2007 00:57:13 -0000      1.223.2.20
@@ -2199,11 +2199,8 @@
 library function.
 
 The functions set-time-zone-rule, and display-time-world (which uses it)
-do not work on Windows. Fixing this is difficult, since Windows uses
-localtime for the system clock, and any attempt to change the timezone
-would have to be accompanied by a clock change for the results to remain
-consistent. The way in which these functions are used is not intended to
-cause such system-wide disruption.
+give incorrect results for many non-US timezones.  This is due to a
+limitation in Windows handling of daylight savings.
 
 Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a
 32-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'.  This affects Dired as




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