From: david@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: run-at-time and Setting system time
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:36:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e8rbpe13gek.fsf@FLM000025LVE9F.catmktg.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4BB595DE.1070306@globaledgesoft.com
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-02 17:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-02 6:59 run-at-time and Setting system time chandan
[not found] ` <83aatlwy5x.fsf@gnu.org>
2009-04-05 3:44 ` bug#5822: " chandan
2010-04-02 17:36 ` J. David Boyd [this message]
2011-09-18 20:02 ` bug#5823: " Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-04-02 17:40 ` bug#5822: " Eli Zaretskii
2010-04-02 18:55 ` Glenn Morris
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