For God's Sakes Will Someone At Microsoft Fix the Time?

[Guest]

The time being broadcasted by time.windows.com has been wrong for the last
week.

And it's wrong in the worst possible way too. It's wrong by one hour... On
the wrong side. It's suppose to be 1:30AM for me right now, Pacific Standard
Time. But Vista is telling me that it's 2:30AM.

Spring foward. Fall back. At least that is my understanding of American
daylight savings time.

Well so if I get this right. Microsoft time is uber wrong. If it thinks
that daylight savings time has already happened because it is still using the
old daylight savings time, it should be 12:30AM instead of the 2:30AM.

It has the wrong time. And it went the wrong way with that wrong time.

Seriously dude...

And it's been like that for a whole week at least. I don't know when it
started happening, but I can't believe how hard it is to just set the time on
a server.

I swear to God. Apple is going to make a commercial and make fun of
Microsoft for this.

Maybe it's just my computer. But the same thing happend to my friend in
Germany who is running Vista. This appears to be a worldwide problem. If
any banks are running Vista, someone could've stole a lot of money by now.

Hopefully, this will get fixed soon.

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[Richard G. Harper]

Apparently another victim of the DST change. Bet it's right this morning!

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[Mr. Arnold]

The time being broadcasted by time.windows.com has been wrong for the last
week.

So, why don't you use a different time server instead of flying off the
handle like this? There are several others you can choose from when using
Vista.

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Apparently another victim of the DST change. Bet it's right this morning!

You're probably right. I had forgotten about that. It's the 'Sign of the
Times'!

 

[Tim]

haha, i forgot too, but if you check under your time settings it says
"Daylight savings in effect at 2:00AM on Sunday November 04, 2007

Yeah, this is bothersome, especially for the alarmclock...

Well, hope you understand the change, (becuase no one likes anything to stay
the same for too long)

On the bright side, this COULD"VE been the Y2K of daylight savings time
(snicker snicker snicker)

Tim

 

[Mr. Arnold]

haha, i forgot too, but if you check under your time settings it says
"Daylight savings in effect at 2:00AM on Sunday November 04, 2007

Yeah, this is bothersome, especially for the alarmclock...

Well, hope you understand the change, (becuase no one likes anything to
stay the same for too long)

On the bright side, this COULD"VE been the Y2K of daylight savings time
(snicker snicker snicker)

Well, my cellular phone at this time indicates it's 6:27 am, the HP laptop
running Vista indicates it 6:27 am EST. My watch is still on DLST is at 7:27
am EST. I'll correct the watch here in a moment. It's just the 'Sign of the
Times'.

 

[Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

The time being broadcasted by time.windows.com has been wrong for the last
week.

And it's wrong in the worst possible way too. It's wrong by one hour...
On
the wrong side. It's suppose to be 1:30AM for me right now, Pacific
Standard
Time. But Vista is telling me that it's 2:30AM.

If Microsoft can't run a timeserver properly, it doesn't say much about
their programming skills.
Use this timeserver, it's a good'un
132.163.4.102
Regards Mike.

 

[john]

Apparently another victim of the DST change. Bet it's right this morning!

sure, everybody knows even a busted clock is still right twice a day.
that's quite the endorsement for Microsoft products. ...the right time
starts....NOW
ROFL

 

[ray]

The time being broadcasted by time.windows.com has been wrong for the last
week.

And it's wrong in the worst possible way too. It's wrong by one hour... On
the wrong side. It's suppose to be 1:30AM for me right now, Pacific Standard
Time. But Vista is telling me that it's 2:30AM.

Spring foward. Fall back. At least that is my understanding of American
daylight savings time.

Well so if I get this right. Microsoft time is uber wrong. If it thinks
that daylight savings time has already happened because it is still using the
old daylight savings time, it should be 12:30AM instead of the 2:30AM.

It has the wrong time. And it went the wrong way with that wrong time.

Seriously dude...

And it's been like that for a whole week at least. I don't know when it
started happening, but I can't believe how hard it is to just set the time on
a server.

I swear to God. Apple is going to make a commercial and make fun of
Microsoft for this.

Maybe it's just my computer. But the same thing happend to my friend in
Germany who is running Vista. This appears to be a worldwide problem. If
any banks are running Vista, someone could've stole a lot of money by now.

Hopefully, this will get fixed soon.

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http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...98b&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

FWIW - I usually use ntp.ubuntu.com - it is always correct.

 

[Adam Albright]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:34:49 -0500, "Mr. Arnold" <MR.

So, why don't you use a different time server instead of flying off the
handle like this? There are several others you can choose from when using
Vista.

Typical fanboy idiot. Even when Microsoft does something obviously
stupid, totally inexcusable, you morons still defend it blindly or
make lame excuses why it's ok. LOL!

 

[DanS aka Danny $hithead]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:34:49 -0500, "Mr. Arnold" <MR.


Typical fanboy idiot. Even when Microsoft does something obviously
stupid, totally inexcusable, you morons still defend it blindly or
make lame excuses why it's ok. LOL!

<I think he has you killfiled you stupid rabid mutt as most do. So why
do you post talking a$$inine fanboy crap when all the poster was doing
was giving a solution you stupid SOB? Your mental process in jacked-up
and off into left field you demented *clown*. There is no excuse for a
mutt POS mutt like you -- none.>

 

[Adam Albright]

<I think he has you killfiled you stupid rabid mutt as most do. So why
do you post talking a$$inine fanboy crap when all the poster was doing
was giving a solution you stupid SOB? Your mental process in jacked-up
and off into left field you demented *clown*. There is no excuse for a
mutt POS mutt like you -- none.>

Temper, temper mindless fool. If fanboys act like idiots, then I
report on it. If they see what I wrote or not isn't relevant, rather
everyone else knowing what clods they really are as are you. Hope that
wasn't too deep for you to understand, but my guess is it was.

 

[DanS aka Danny $hithead]

Temper, temper I am a mindless fool. If I act like an idiot, talk like an idiot, then I
must be an idiot. If they see what I wrote and they just ignore me because of my non relevant
and worthless lip dribble, everyone else no doubt knowing that I am just a lunatic, will do it too.
There will never, never, never, ever, ever and ever be hope for me. I am deeply full of $hit.

<What else needs to be said about you? You are a worthless pistol
shooting blanks a cap gun with no caps -- that's what you are.>

<click>

 

[Bruce Chambers]

The time being broadcasted by time.windows.com has been wrong for the last
week.

And it's wrong in the worst possible way too. It's wrong by one hour... On
the wrong side. It's suppose to be 1:30AM for me right now, Pacific Standard
Time. But Vista is telling me that it's 2:30AM.

Spring foward. Fall back. At least that is my understanding of American
daylight savings time.

Well so if I get this right. Microsoft time is uber wrong. If it thinks
that daylight savings time has already happened because it is still using the
old daylight savings time, it should be 12:30AM instead of the 2:30AM.

It has the wrong time. And it went the wrong way with that wrong time.

Seriously dude...

And it's been like that for a whole week at least. I don't know when it
started happening, but I can't believe how hard it is to just set the time on
a server.

I swear to God. Apple is going to make a commercial and make fun of
Microsoft for this.

Maybe it's just my computer. But the same thing happend to my friend in
Germany who is running Vista. This appears to be a worldwide problem. If
any banks are running Vista, someone could've stole a lot of money by now.

Hopefully, this will get fixed soon.

FYI, the expiration of Daylight Savings Time was delayed by one week by
legislative fiat, so the server has been correct for the week in
question. It is you who have been off by an hour.


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[DanS]

=?Utf-8?B?YXBwbGVoYXplbG51dA==?=

Maybe it's just my computer. But the same thing happend to my friend
in Germany who is running Vista.

It's a good bet that it's not the MS time server, and it is a local
problem.

From what I recall, the time returned in an NTP time request is the number
of seconds that have elapsed since 12AM Jan 1, 1900....in UTC time.

So your PC needs to calculate the current date from that number of UTC
seconds based on your time zone settings and DST settings.

You can d/l TZEdit from MS and make sure your internal DST dates, the ones
that are used when calculating the correct local time from UTC NTP epoch
time, are correct for your specific time zone.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886775

 

[Spanky daMonkey]

<What else needs to be said about you? You are a worthless pistol shooting
blanks a cap gun with no caps -- that's what you are.>

You really are an IDIOT. Just FYI

 

[Frank]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:34:49 -0500, "Mr. Arnold" <MR.



Typical fanboy idiot.

You're fixated on this "fanbiy" thing aren't your mr prius. It's your
"go-to" insult. I'm beginning to believe you were turned down for MVP
designation. I don't doubt it as you've demonstrated almost a total lack
of computer acumen.
Frank

 

[DanS aka Danny $hithead]

=?Utf-8?B?YXBwbGVoYXplbG51dA==?=


It's a good bet that it's not the MS time server, and it is a local
problem.

From what I recall, the time returned in an NTP time request is the number
of seconds that have elapsed since 12AM Jan 1, 1900....in UTC time.

So your PC needs to calculate the current date from that number of UTC
seconds based on your time zone settings and DST settings.

You can d/l TZEdit from MS and make sure your internal DST dates, the ones
that are used when calculating the correct local time from UTC NTP epoch
time, are correct for your specific time zone.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886775

<Albright you POS where are you? Why are you NOT in DannyDung's face
about being a fanboy you lip driveling ba$tard? Maybe, it's because you
are a low-life retarded ba$tard that has double standards or no
standards whatsoever, and you playing favoritism when DannyDung
puckered-up and kissed your stinking low-life rectum the other day.>

 

[Spanky daMonkey]

FWIW - I usually use ntp.ubuntu.com - it is always correct.

Well, if you are an Ubuntu follower, stop posting here and head over to the
Ubuntu camp and HELP them out. Just FYI.

Remember to use your OpenSores software.

Just FYI

 

[Rich]

You're probably right. I had forgotten about that. It's the 'Sign of the
Times'!

... that someone rants about something they don't understand?

Rich