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XADM: Appointments Rendered by Cdohtml.dll Are Off by One Hour During October for the "(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Talinn" Time Zone

Article ID: 810560

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition




SYMPTOMS

If you use Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) to create a single appointments for the "(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Talinn" time zone, the appointment is off by one hour during October. This problem occurs when the appointment is rendered with Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) Rendering Library (Cdohtml.dll).

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Component: OWA

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) 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.

   Date         Time       Version       Size      File name
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   18-Nov-2002  09:59      6.0.6368.0    716,800   Cdo.dll
   18-Nov-2002  09:55      6.0.6368.0    557,056   Cdohtml.dll

NOTE: Because of file dependencies, this update requires Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3).

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301378 How to Obtain the Latest Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

The "(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Talinn" time zone must be set in both Control Panel and in the OWA options.

For additional information about rendering an appointment using Cdohtml.dll, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181483 HOWTO: Render a Calendar To an ASP Page with CDO


The following data is an excerpt from the code that is used in this article. It was modified to use the "(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Talinn" time zone:

'CONSTANTS FOR THE CONTAINER RENDERER 'Time Zone Constants for the US 
CONST CdoDefaultFolderCalendar = 0 
CONST CdoTmzEastern = 10 
CONST CdoTmzCentral = 11 
CONST CdoTmzMountain = 12 
CONST CdoTmzPacific = 13 
CONST CdoTmzAthens = 7 ' Contains "(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Talinn"
CONST CdoTmzEasternEurope = 5 
CONST CdoTmzBerlin = 4 
CONST CdoTmzMoscow = 51 
CONST CdoTmzHongKong = 21 
CONST CdoTmzGMT = 0 
'CONTAINER CONSTANT 
CONST CdoClassContainerRenderer = 3 

strProfileInfo = "MyServer" & vbLf & "MyAccount" 
Set objSession = Server.CreateObject("MAPI.Session") objSession.Logon "", "", False, True, 0, True, strProfileInfo 
objSession.SetOption "calendarstore", "outlook" 
Set objRenderApp = Server.CreateObject("AMHTML.application") 
Set objCRenderer = objRenderApp.CreateRenderer(CdoClassContainerRenderer) 
ObjCRenderer.TimeZone = CdoTmzAthens
objCRenderer.DataSource = objSession.GetDefaultFolder(CdoDefaultFolderCalendar).Messages 
Set objView = ObjCRenderer.Views("Daily Calendar") objCRenderer.CurrentView = objView 
objView.RenderAppointments now, Response

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