Microsoft KB Archive/817438

= Messages that you copy to an IMAP folder display an incorrect time stamp =

Article ID: 817438

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0, when used with:  Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

 

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 </li></ul> </li> Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition</li> Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition</li></ul>

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry

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SYMPTOMS
When you copy a message from your Personal Folders (.pst) file to an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) folder in Microsoft Outlook Express, you may find that the date and time stamp properties of the message are incorrect.

For example, if a message in your .pst file was received at 14:41, the Received time stamp of the same message is different after you copy it to the IMAP folder. The message in the IMAP folder shows an incorrect Received time stamp of 23:41.

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CAUSE
This problem may occur if both of the following conditions are true:
 * Your computer is configured to use the (GMT +9:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo time zone setting.
 * You copy a message from your .pst file to an IMAP folder.

In this situation, the (GMT +9:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo time zone settings are not applied when you copy a message to an IMAP folder. As a result, when you view the properties of the message, the time stamp is incorrectly displayed in GMT time. The time stamp should be displayed in GMT + 9:00 time.

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RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Outlook Express 6 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version      Size    File name --  4-Apr-2003 05:06:58 6.0.2800.1185 592.384  Inetcomm.dll Note Because of file dependencies, this update requires Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

This hotfix is included in the MS04-013 Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

837009 MS04-013: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express

After security update MS04-013 or a later hotfix is installed, you must modify the registry for this update to take effect and to resolve this problem.

To configure the registry on a computer that is running Windows XP, follow these steps: <ol> Start Registry Editor.</li> Locate and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft \Outlook Express

</li> On the Edit menu, point to New, click Key, and then type Hotfix to name the new registry key.</li> On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then type Q817438 to name the new DWORD value.</li> Right-click the Q817438 value that you created, click Modify, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.</li> Quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

Additional query words: OLEXP

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