ID: Q147767
4.00 | 1.00 4.00
WINDOWS | WINDOWS NT
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The information in this article applies to:
Using the SETTIM() run-time function under Windows NT version 3.51 causes the system date to be set back by one day when the "Adjust for Daylight Savings Time" option is selected in the Date/Time applet in the Control Panel.
Clear the "Automatically Check for Daylight Savings Time" option in the Date/Time applet in the Control Panel before using the SETTIM() function.
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If using the SETTIM() function with the "Adjust for Daylight Savings Time" option selected. Check the system date after using this function and if necessary reset it manually by doing one of the following:
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
To illustrate the problem, build a program using the following sample code. With the "Adjust for Daylight Savings Time" option selected in the Date/Time applet, run the program. Running the program prints the current date but causes the system date to be set back one day.
To check the system date, open the Date/Time applet in the Control Panel or from the MS-DOS command prompt, type "date" and press ENTER. Note the date displayed will be one day less than what was printed for the sample program execution.
include 'flib.fi'
include 'flib.fd'
integer*2 nowyr,nowmonth,nowday,nowhr,nowmin,nowsec,nowhun
logical lvar
call getdat(nowyr,nowmonth,nowday) ! get current date/time
call gettim(nowhr,nowmin,nowsec,nowhun)
write (*,*) nowyr,nowmonth,nowday
lvar = setdat(int2(1980),int2(5),int2(31)) ! set new date/time
lvar = settim(int2(0),int2(0),int2(0),int2(0))
lvar = setdat(nowyr,nowmonth,nowday) ! restore date/time
lvar = settim(nowhr,nowmin,nowsec,nowhun)
end
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Last Reviewed: March 3, 1996