OLEXP: Incorrect Compose Time With Messages in Your Drafts Folder (261306)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 2
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q261306
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SYMPTOMS

If you use Outlook Express to compose a message, and then save the message to the Drafts folder on your Internet Messaging Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4) server, the time that is recorded in the message as the time that the message was composed may be incorrect if the following conditions are true:
  • You are running Outlook Express by using Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000.
  • The current time zone does not use daylight saving time.

CAUSE

Outlook Express cannot process the time zone information correctly when you use Windows NT or Windows 2000.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, change the time zone settings by using the TimeZone Editor program (Tzedit.exe) that is included with the Resource Kit for Windows NT 4.0.

NOTE: The following steps use "(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi" as an example.
  1. Start the TimeZone Editor program (Tzedit.exe), click (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi, and then click Edit.
  2. Click Automatically set Daylight Saving Time, and then click the Start Day and Last Day that you want.
  3. Because you do not want to change the real time, set Daylight Bias to 0, and then click OK to save the settings.
  4. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  5. Double-click Date/Time, change your time zone to a different time zone (for example, (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore), and then click OK.
  6. Click Date/Time in Control Panel again, change the time zone setting back to (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi, and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the Resource Kit for Windows NT 4.0, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

155338 Resource Kit for Windows NT 4.0 Support Guidelines

This problem may affect any product that uses the Inetcomm.dll file to deliver IMAP4 messages.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/25/2004
Keywords:kbprb KB261306
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