Re: Setting The System Date/Time
Re: Setting The System Date/Time
- Subject: Re: Setting The System Date/Time
- From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:06:58 -0700
Well, I notice that:
Special Considerations
Only the root user can set the time in Mac OS X.
So at the very least you'd need to authenticate to do this. Seems
like a hassle :| And what if the user has set an NTP server...?
Actually, I can see the need to do this, but I can also see a bunch
of reasons not to do this :)
On Aug 21, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Drarok Ithaqua wrote:
I'm writing an app that would benefit from being able to change the
system date/time, but it seems that we as cocoa programmers aren't
meant to do this any more...
From the docs ( http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/
Reference/Date_Time_an_nt_Utilities/DeprecationAppendix/
AppendixADeprecatedAPI.html#//apple_ref/c/func/SetDateTime )
SetDateTime
Changes the date-time information stored by the system to the
specified value, expressed as the number of seconds elapsed since
midnight, January 1, 1904. (Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.4. There is
no replacement.)
SetTime
Changes the date-time information in the system to the specified
value, expressed as a date and time. (Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.4.
There is no replacement.)
As these have no replacements, I am led to believe that I shouldn't
be doing this. Am I right?
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