Date Is Incorrect When Starting Windows 98 at Midnight

ID: Q191797

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you start your computer at midnight, the date may not change or it may be set two days ahead.


CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you start your computer within seconds of midnight. The exact time is different on each computer, but there is less than a one-second window of time in which the date does not change. In an even smaller window of time, the date is incremented twice, which results in it being ahead two days.

NOTE: If you are setting the date and time in the Autoexec.bat file, the window of time may be larger.


RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, manually set the date using the Date/Time tool. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click Date/Time.


  3. On the Date & Time tab, click the correct date, and then click OK.


To resolve this issue, install the Microsoft Windows 98 Year 2000 Update. For additional information about the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q167075 Availability of the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q189706 Clock on Taskbar and in Date/Time Tool Loses Time

Additional query words: 98 system tray systray 


Keywords          : kbtool win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 11, 1999