My question would be why are you changing the system time? Joda-Time supports the ability to change the apparent system time. Simply use DateTimeUtils.currentTimeMillis() instead of System.currentTimeMillis(). There are methods to change the time programmatically on DateTimeUtils.
Stephen On 15/02/07, Adrian Sandor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, thanks for the reply. > I had tried Object.wait() too, and it still didn't work well for me. > However, now I decided to test it more, and it looks like the Eclipse > console was the one getting confused; it worked fine from a shell. I'll try > using this method in my main project and see how it works. > > Thanks and regards, > Adrian > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lukas Ruetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Discussion of the Joda project > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 6:50:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Joda-interest] Changing system time > > Hi! > > Am Donnerstag, 15. Februar 2007 11:11 schrieb Adrian Sandor: > > Hi, I'm not using joda-time yet, but may start soon. > > Have you guys found a solution to the problem of timers getting confused > by > > changes in the system time? All the timers and sleep/wait methods I tried > > have failed to work properly when I changed my computer's time. This is on > > linux, kernel 2.6.19, and Sun JDK 1.5.0_10 > > > > Adrian > > I had this problem too. > > Fact is, that this is a problem of the JVM under linux. Therad.sleep() > does not return if the system time is set to a time in the past. > The solution for me was to use Object.wait() (on a simple Object()) > instead of Therad.sleep() calls. wait() always returned. > > I don't use any timer, but they will use Thread.sleep() I guess and so > have the same problem. > > You will find many bug-reports on the sun homepage to that topic. > > hth, > lukas > > > ________________________________ > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
