Windows Daylight Savings Time Problem...

[David Ross]

J. Forster" wrote:
>
> If you noted the closing times of items you are interested in bidding for in the
> last few days, CHECK THOSE TIMES well in advance. There is apparently some bug
> in Microsoft C++ that caused an hour's error in closing times. It cost me two
> bids today !!!!
>


  This problem will fix itself in a week, according to Micros??t...  The
quote below from:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=9327

> Chris Hargarten, product manager for Visual C++, says the problem's
> been around since 1995, but it wasn't discovered until recently.
>
> "Any time [the first day of] daylight-saving time falls on April 1,
> [the Library] won't calculate the time difference correctly for a
> week," Hargarten said.
>
> Hargarten says Microsoft is aware of the problem and has been
> working on a solution for some time.


Dave Ross    N7EPI    ross at hypertools.com