System Date Reflects Changes While Date/Time Tool Is Open (237493)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q237493

SYMPTOMS

When you change the time or date values in the Date/Time tool in Control Panel, your computer reflects the changes before you click Apply or OK.

or

The system clock on a Windows 95-based computer may experience a cumulative loss of time.

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date      Time        Version   Size    File name     Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   7/9/99    12:38:02PM  4.00.952  48,640  Timedate.cpl  Windows 95   
   6/28/99   01:02:32PM  4.10.223  37,888  Timedate.cpl  Windows 98

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The computer reflects the current value when the Date/Time tool is open. If you click Cancel, the date and time changes to the original settings. If you save any files while the tool is open and you have changed the date, the files use that date for the modified field. For additional information about this issue with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

174229 Control Panel Date/Time Tool Changes the Date

194078 System Date Reflects Changes Immediately

For additional information about Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition hotfixes, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

206071 General Information About Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition Hotfixes

For additional information about Windows 95 hotfixes, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/18/2005
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