From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Bruno Boal <egomet@bboal.com>
Cc: info@protesilaos.com, 67706-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67706: 30.0.50; timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time does not account for different time-zones
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 09:20:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835y17zvt3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ttosz9xs.fsf@bboal.com> (message from Bruno Boal on Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:00:31 +0000)
> From: Bruno Boal <egomet@bboal.com>
> Cc: 67706@debbugs.gnu.org, info@protesilaos.com
> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:00:31 +0000
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > The ELisp manual says:
> >
> >
> > In most cases, REPEAT has no effect on when _first_ call takes
> > place--TIME alone specifies that. There is one exception: if TIME
> > is ‘t’, then the timer runs whenever the time is a multiple of
> > REPEAT seconds after the epoch.
> >
> > So I think time in this case is measured since the epoch, which is
> > independent of the time zone.
>
> I see. So it's desired behavior and not a bug. We'll have to work around
> it with code, since there's no option in run-at-time that fits our
> needs.
>
> Thank you for the explanation, it's a closed issue to me.
Thanks, I'm therefore closing this bug.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-08 11:51 bug#67706: 30.0.50; timer-next-integral-multiple-of-time does not account for different time-zones Bruno Boal
2023-12-08 12:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-08 16:51 ` Bruno Boal
2023-12-08 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-08 19:45 ` Bruno Boal
2023-12-08 20:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-08 21:00 ` Bruno Boal
2023-12-09 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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