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Re: run-at-time and Setting system time
From: |
J. David Boyd |
Subject: |
Re: run-at-time and Setting system time |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:36:51 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (cygwin) |
chandan <chandan.babu@globaledgesoft.com> writes:
> Hi,
> Consider the following code:
>
> (defun mwnn-timer-callback ()
> (message "Hi, inside mwnn-timer-callback"))
>
> (run-at-time "60" nil 'mwnn-timer-callback)
>
> The above code is supposed to cause mwnn-timer-callback to get invoked
> after 60 seconds. But if the system time is changed to a future date
> (say 20 seconds after the timer is started) the timer fires
> immediately.
>
> Is this is a bug in the emacs code. If yes, can this be rectified?
>
> Regards,
> mwnn
It sounds like a good thing to me.
Say the time is 13:00, and you do what you said. You told the machine
to give an invocation at 13:01.
If you move the clock ahead, the code _should_ run, as it is now past
13:01.
Dave