From:	pvogel AT chromatic DOT com (Peter A. Vogel)
Subject:	RE: B19: time reporting problem
17 Oct 1998 05:06:04 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<003501bdf98a$1f428c60$3565a8c0.cygnus.gnu-win32@dolphin.chromatic.com>
References:	<362750E2 DOT 852AEB AT ici DOT net>
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To:	"Laurent Michel" <ldm AT ici DOT net>, <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Yes, This is the Daylight Savings Time turned off too soon bug
that has been discussed on this list since the first sunday in
october.  Fortunately, it should go away in 2 weeks :-)

-Peter

Peter A. Vogel
Manager, SW Configuration Management
Chromatic Research, Inc.  
http://www.chromatic.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com [mailto:owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com]On
> Behalf Of Laurent Michel
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 6:58 AM
> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: B19: time reporting problem
> 
> 
> I have B19 installed on my system (NT4.0SP3)
> 
> I found out that the time is incorrectly reported by several programs:
> 
> executing the command 'date' at the prompt returns a time stamp which is
> *EXACTLY* one hour back in time.
> 
> In the same spirit, doing the following:
> 
> touch foo.C
> ls -l foo.C
> 
> report a time stamp for foo.C which is exactly 1 hour back in time.
> 
> If I use the date command or the ls command that is part of the MKS
> toolkit, I get the correct time.
> 
> I observed this behavior on two different machine with similar
> installations.
> 
> I you need a sample output of the various command, or more details, let
> ,me know.
> 
> 
> --
>         - Laurent
> 
> 
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