Article ID: 123717
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q123717
SYMPTOMS
Windows NT Backup writes incorrect times (one hour late) to its log when the time zone is not with the United States.
CAUSE
GetCurrentDate() in \PRIVATE\UTILS\NTBACKUP\SRC\DATETIME.C uses the C- Runtime call localtime() to get the current time (instead of the Win32 API GetLocalTime()). Localtime() calls tzset() to determine the time zone and daylight saving settings. Tzset doesn't take the real daylight saving information from GetTimeZoneInformation into account.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 USA us
Keywords: KB123717
