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(gnus-inews-date): Avoid race condition.
author Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
date Tue, 28 May 1996 15:43:27 +0000
parents befefbf0670f
children 8ff4f4e1b487
files lisp/gnus-msg.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/gnus-msg.el	Tue May 28 15:42:20 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/gnus-msg.el	Tue May 28 15:43:27 1996 +0000
@@ -1383,8 +1383,12 @@
 
 (defun gnus-inews-date ()
   "Current time string."
-  (timezone-make-date-arpa-standard 
-   (current-time-string) (current-time-zone)))
+  ;; We call (current-time) once, rather than letting current-time-string and
+  ;; current-time-zone default to it, because that avoids a rare race
+  ;; condition when the time zone changes between those two calls.
+  (let ((now (current-time)))
+    (timezone-make-date-arpa-standard 
+     (current-time-string now) (current-time-zone now))))
 
 (defun gnus-inews-organization ()
   "Return user's organization.