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Q296599: Daylight Saving Time Bug in Resource Kit Utilities NOW.EXE and S

Article: Q296599
Product(s): Microsoft Press
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Last Modified: 21-APR-2001

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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 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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

Additional query words: win2000 w2k reskit server tools RKBook 1-57231-805-8 0-7356-0837-7

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