I'm wanting to know if there is any danger in setting the system date/time to a prior date. Specifically in Snow Leopard.
We are dealing with some software digital certificate expiration issues. Until the developer gets them fixed, the only way we can use the software is to set the date/time preferences to a date before the certificate expired. Some users are concerned that this will spell catastrophe for their systems because "Unix/Linux based things don't like haivng their dates messed with" (their wording, not mine). I maintain that the only things that would be affected are the date/time stamp on files they save while the settings are changed, possibly any iCal events created during the change (which can be overwritten by the user), and that if they use Time Machine the backups might not be dated correctly (and for that reason I've suggested they shut Time Machine off while their date is changed). I just don't believe it will lead to massive system failure. Who is correct? BTW, we are only talking about a date change of a couple weeks, possibly a month or two. Hopefully the situation will be resolved before we are talking years. -- Carrie -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
