[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 119761] Replace currentTime() with monotonicallyIncreasingTime() in all possible places

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119761





--- Comment #9 from Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>  2013-08-17 12:23:06 PST ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > It almost feels like I'm missing something given the above discussion, but I think that the importance of using monotonicallyIncreasingTime for things like timeouts is that currentTime() can go back, e.g. for DST changes or NTP adjustments.
> 
> currentTime() returns UTC time(atleast in linux currentTime uses gettimeofday, which return UTC time), I think only localTime() is prone to DST adjustments. I agree that NTP correction is a problem here.

Yes, that’s correct. NTP correction and the end user changing the clock manually are both issues.

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