Daylight Saving Time Bug in Resource Kit Utilities NOW.EXE and SOON.EXE (296599)


The information in this article applies to:

  • MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-805-8
  • MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit, Supplement Four ISBN 0-7356-0837-7
This article was previously published under Q296599

SUMMARY

If you are using NOW.EXE or SOON.EXE from one of the Resource Kits listed above, the wrong time may be reported after the Daylight Saving time change has occured. This problem only occurs when the Daylight Savings Time change falls on April first.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft has created new versions of NOW.EXE and SOON.EXE that will correct the problem. The updated versions of these utilities are available for download from the following Microsoft FTP site:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/


Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the utilities in the Resource Kits that are listed at the beginning of this article. For further information on using these utilities, please refer to the Resource Kit documentation.

Additional information on the source of this problem can be found in the following Knowledge Base article.

Q214661 FIX: Daylight Savings Time Bug in C Run-Time Library

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/21/2001
Keywords:kbprb KB296599
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