241276 - Change to timezone not reflected until restart

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 127246

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Dwayne]

Build: 2004-03-16-16 (1.7b)

Background: I had a problem with XP's time zones, and had to tell it to
automatically adjust my clock for Daylight Savings.  I also leave Mozilla
running all the time.  I've had it up over a month without problems (Mozilla is
becoming quite solid!).

Observed behavior: After adjusting my time zone, all incoming messages (and
possibly outgoing as well) were displayed an hour off (as if I was still using
the old zone).  Since I don't close and reopen Mozilla, it was incorrect for
several days.  Once I closed and restarted Mozilla, everything was fine, and all
the old messages displayed their proper time stamp.

Expected behavior: Immediately update the internal time stamp display rules.

It's probably safe to wait until another action has been performed (such as
receiving a new message, clicking, scrolling, etc.) before having to update the
display -- I'm sure Windows does not fire an event for a time zone change. :)

Comment 1

[Erik Arvidsson]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 127246 ***