| I thought that the primary function of an operating system is to provide a base from which to install and launch various applications. You have a hardware layer, an OS layer, and an application layer. Right? Within the hardware, you have a system clock which is set to a specific time. Within the OS, you have have a system clock that, initially anyway, polls the setting from the hardware clock. Then the applications are supposed to poll the OS for the current date and time settings, right?
So why is it that various applications require their own DST updates in addition to the OS updates? Shouldn't it be enough to update the OS? Am I oversimplifying things here, or are application programmers whacky? |
