ngx_timezone_update()

src/core/ngx_cycle.c

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
     u_char              *lock_file;
     ngx_uint_t           i, n;
     ngx_log_t           *log;
+    ngx_time_t          *tp;
     ngx_conf_t           conf;
     ngx_pool_t          *pool;
     ngx_cycle_t         *cycle, **old;
@@ -59,6 +60,16 @@ ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
     ngx_core_module_t   *module;
     char                 hostname[NGX_MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
 
+    ngx_timezone_update();
+
+    /* force localtime update with a new timezone */
+
+    tp = ngx_timeofday();
+    tp->sec = 0;
+
+    ngx_time_update(0, 0);
+
+
     log = old_cycle->log;
 
     pool = ngx_create_pool(NGX_CYCLE_POOL_SIZE, log);

src/core/ngx_times.c

@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ ngx_time_init(void)
 
     ngx_cached_time = &cached_time[0];
 
-#if !(NGX_WIN32)
-    tzset();
-#endif
-
     ngx_time_update(0, 0);
 }
 

src/os/unix/ngx_time.c

@@ -8,6 +8,50 @@
 #include <ngx_core.h>
 
 
+/*
+ * FreeBSD does not test /etc/localtime change, however, we can workaround it
+ * by calling tzset() with TZ and then without TZ to update timezone.
+ * The trick should work since FreeBSD 2.1.0.
+ *
+ * Linux does not test /etc/localtime change in localtime(),
+ * but may stat("/etc/localtime") several times in every strftime(),
+ * therefore we use it to update timezone.
+ *
+ * Solaris does not test /etc/TIMEZONE change too and no workaround available.
+ */
+
+void
+ngx_timezone_update(void)
+{
+#if (NGX_FREEBSD)
+
+    if (getenv("TZ")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    putenv("TZ=UTC");
+
+    tzset();
+
+    unsetenv("TZ");
+
+    tzset();
+
+#elif (NGX_LINUX)
+    time_t      s;
+    struct tm  *t;
+    char        buf[4];
+
+    s = time(0);
+
+    t = localtime(&s);
+
+    strftime(buf, 4, "%H", t);
+
+#endif
+}
+
+
 void
 ngx_localtime(time_t s, ngx_tm_t *tm)
 {

src/os/unix/ngx_time.h

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ typedef struct tm             ngx_tm_t;
 #endif
 
 
+void ngx_timezone_update(void);
 void ngx_localtime(time_t s, ngx_tm_t *tm);
 void ngx_libc_localtime(time_t s, struct tm *tm);
 void ngx_libc_gmtime(time_t s, struct tm *tm);

src/os/win32/ngx_time.h

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ typedef FILETIME              ngx_mtime_t;
 
 #define NGX_HAVE_GETTIMEZONE  1
 
+#define  ngx_timezone_update()
+
 ngx_int_t ngx_gettimezone(void);
 void ngx_libc_localtime(time_t s, struct tm *tm);
 void ngx_libc_gmtime(time_t s, struct tm *tm);