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

[Jason Rumney]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Branch:         EMACS_22_BASE
Changes by:     Jason Rumney <jasonr>   07/10/17 22:27:24

Index: PROBLEMS
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.223.2.18
retrieving revision 1.223.2.19
diff -u -b -r1.223.2.18 -r1.223.2.19
--- PROBLEMS    9 Oct 2007 02:39:43 -0000       1.223.2.18
+++ PROBLEMS    17 Oct 2007 22:27:24 -0000      1.223.2.19
@@ -2198,6 +2198,13 @@
 of Windows. This is caused by a deficiency in the underlying system
 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.
+
 Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a
 32-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'.  This affects Dired as
 well, since the Windows port uses a Lisp emulation of `ls' that relies