Time zone data doesn't update at start

[mathieuprog]

The setting config :time_zone_info, update: :daily doesn't check for updates at start, right? Users need to wait a day before getting the latest update. Eg I'm now stuck with 2021e.
Might have missed something.

[NickNeck]

Hi @mathieuprog

It was intended that :daily does no update on startup. I want to prevent a tzdb request from being made at every startup. I thought it would be enough if the actual time_zone_info lib always contains the actual tzdb. Especially when I forget to make an update.

You can force an update with:

TimeZoneInfo.update(:force)

Next time I work on TimeZoneInfo I will add update: :on_startup and update: [:on_startup, :daily].

[mathieuprog]

I want to prevent a tzdb request from being made at every startup

What is the reason?

[NickNeck]

Good question. There was a mistake in my head. I wanted to prevent that in projects that use the library in dev and test always a request is made. But for dev and test you can set :disabled of course. Then TimeZoneInfo can make a request at startup when :daily is set.

So in the end update: :daily should also update at startup.

Thanks for reporting and asking.