Event Viewer Does Not Sort Events by Date and Time (229989)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
This article was previously published under Q229989 SUMMARY
The Event Viewer tool (Eventvwr.exe) appears to sort Event log messages by date and time. These events are actually sorted by the order in which they are written to the log file and not by the time that they are written. For example, if an event is logged at 4/4/99 12:00:00pm and the system date is moved back to 1996, the next log entry might read 4/4/96 12:00:30pm. The second event appears above the first in the log as this is the order in which they are reported. This may be noticeable in scenarios similar to the following:
- When you use a time server on a computer that has a fast clock, it may appear that events are logged out of order, when in fact, they are logged correctly.
- When you turn off daylight savings time, events may appear out of sequence.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/24/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo KB229989 |
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