Content Rating PICS Date Is Incorrect When Time Zone Is East of GMT (263735)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q263735

SYMPTOMS

In Internet Explorer, an error message similar to the following may occur:
The rating label on this page is invalid. "2001.05.22T12:00--200" is not recognized or is not the right format. You may want to notify the owner of this site.

This error message only occurs if the time zone in the Regional Settings on the server has been set to east of GMT when you set the content rating.

CAUSE

An invalid time/date string for the PICS label is written to the metabase. In this case, the metabase contains the following time/date string: 
2001.05.22T12:00--200

The correct string is as follows:
2001.05.22T12:00+0200

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved in Windows 2000. Install Windows 2000.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, set the time zone of the server to west of GMT when you set the content rating on the server.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/10/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB263735
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