Microsoft KB Archive/242059

= Windows 2000 Adjusts Time of Files on CD-ROMs for Local Time Zones =

PSS ID Number: 242059

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q242059



SUMMARY
This article describes why files on CD-ROMs are adjusted to use the date and time for your local time zone when you are running Windows 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
In Windows 2000, the date and time stamps of files that reside on or originate from CD-ROMs are read using the Greenwich mean time (GMT) offset recorded in the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9660 specification. ISO 9660 states that CDFS is to display the date information correctly for the local time zone. This is done so that dates on CDFS are displayed the same as UDFS (the file system used by DVD-ROMS). UDFS is beginning to replace ISO 9660 as the standard for distribution media.

If you use a program, script, or batch file that depends on the non-time-zone adjusted date and time for files that reside on or originate from CD-ROMS, the program, script, or batch file may not function properly.

To work around this issue, share the CD-ROM across a network from a computer that is running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 95/98 and connect to that share using a computer running Windows 2000.

Keywords: kbenv kbinfo kbui KB242059

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