X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <46791AAD.2030900@byu.net> <46797A81.2060308@t-online.de> Subject: RE: timestamp confusion Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:20:25 +0100 Message-ID: <05fa01c7b370$0dfd6d90$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <46797A81.2060308@t-online.de> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 20 June 2007 20:06, Christian Franke wrote: > ... with Windows DST bug IMO the most annoying: > Wait until next DST change and enjoy 1 hour time shifts in the opposite > direction. > Is this fixed on Vista? Bug was still present on Vista RC1. Troll. You know the answer really and you're only asking because you can't /believe/ what you heard and want someone to actually come out and say it out loud, so I will: It's not a bug, it's by design, it is deliberate and Microsoft are never going to "fix" it, because that's how they *want* it to work. cheers, DaveK [*] - Of course, the phrase "by design" /usually/ doesn't include "design techniques" such as... oh... say giving an overdose of intravenous amphetamines to a delusional psychotic and encouraging him to bound round the room like a demented gorilla while flinging alphabetti spaghetti at the walls until it falls into a shape that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike code, but that's apparently how Microsoft works.... -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/