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Re: The Windows "April Fools 2001" bug
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Re: The Windows "April Fools 2001" bug

  • To: NTBUGTRAQLISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
  • Subject: Re: The Windows "April Fools 2001" bug
  • From: "Bill Potvin, II" <bpotvinmerxsoft.com>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 10:02:44 -0500
  • Approved-By: Russ.CooperRC.ON.CA
  • Importance: Normal
  • In-Reply-To: <B0000016311ntserv1.geometricsolutions.com>
  • Reply-To: bpotvinmerxsoft.com
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contains 16-byte REG_BINARY values called "DaylightStart" and "StandardStart".
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Both of those values are SYSTEMTIME structures. The entries under this key
correspond to the members of a TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION structure. The Sdk docs for
this structure describe how the SYSTEMTIME values are interpreted. Basically,
there are two ways to interpret the struct, depending on whether or not the
wYear value is Zero.

regards,
bill.
Bill Potvin, II
mersoft
mailto:bpotvinmerxsoft.com
http://www.merxsoft.com