[vdr] Re: Time jumps

[Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Klaus Schmidinger (KS) wrote:

KS> Sergei Haller wrote:
KS> >
KS> > ...
KS> > but  while  we're  at  it:  what  is  the need need of `ptm' and `tm_r' in
KS> > cMJD::SetSystemTime() ?
KS>
KS> Since localtime() is not thread safe we need to use localtime_r(), which
KS> requires an extra 'struct tm' parameter. The 'ptm' in cMJD::SetSystemTime()
KS> is actually superfluous, maybe it comes from copying these lines from somewhere
KS> else...

but if 'ptm' isn't needed, localtime isn't needed either. and so 'tm_r'
too. Or am I overseeing something? localtime has a side effect: it sets
the variable 'tzname', so I suppose localtime_r does the same, but tzname
isn't used either.



c ya
        Sergei
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