Workaround for bug in setting scheduled scan times in the afternoon

[Bill Sanderson]

I've dug into this bug, as follows:

Users in locales where the default clock is a 24 hour format will find that
they cannot set scheduled scan times in the afternoon.

This can be worked around by selecting a time format which uses 12 hour
format rather than 24 hour.

This is on the Time tab, and a working format is:

h:mm:ss tt

A non-working format is:

any of the choices with a CAPITAL H at the beginning.


This isn't my discovery, it was posted by others here, but I've done some
testing:

1) I set my language to English (United Kingdom)
afternoon settings failed (default time is 24 hour.) Reset time to 12 hour,
and afternoon settings worked.

2) I set my language to English (United States) Default time setting is 12
hour. Scheduling scans in the afternoon works fine. Change just the time
settings to a 24 hour choice, and you can no longer set up a scheduled scan
in the afternoon.

This bug appears to me to be new in build 614.

Control panel,
date, time, language, and regional settings
Regional and language options
Click customize next to your locale setting
Click the time tab.

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[Engel]

Thank you for your testing.

And have a Happy Holiday

 

[Bill Sanderson]

thanks!

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Thank you for your testing.

And have a Happy Holiday

 

[Tom Emmelot]

Bill Sanderson schreef:

I've dug into this bug, as follows:

Users in locales where the default clock is a 24 hour format will find that
they cannot set scheduled scan times in the afternoon.

This can be worked around by selecting a time format which uses 12 hour
format rather than 24 hour.

This is on the Time tab, and a working format is:

h:mm:ss tt

A non-working format is:

any of the choices with a CAPITAL H at the beginning.


This isn't my discovery, it was posted by others here, but I've done some
testing:

1) I set my language to English (United Kingdom)
afternoon settings failed (default time is 24 hour.) Reset time to 12 hour,
and afternoon settings worked.

2) I set my language to English (United States) Default time setting is 12
hour. Scheduling scans in the afternoon works fine. Change just the time
settings to a 24 hour choice, and you can no longer set up a scheduled scan
in the afternoon.

This bug appears to me to be new in build 614.

Control panel,
date, time, language, and regional settings
Regional and language options
Click customize next to your locale setting
Click the time tab.

Hello Bill,

and because in the Dutch XP time tab all the Hour settings is with a Big
H and I supose there are more Countrys with the same isue, I suggest the
people to set the Language to US English to get the same done!

With regards >*< TOM >*<

 

[Andre Da Costa]

I use a 24 hour clock and my scans run perfectly on time at 12AM.
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[Tom Emmelot]

Andre Da Costa schreef:

I use a 24 hour clock and my scans run perfectly on time at 12AM.

Hello Andre,

I also but it is not about running but input to MSA!

Regards >*< TOM >*<

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Hello Bill,

and because in the Dutch XP time tab all the Hour settings is with a Big H
and I supose there are more Countrys with the same isue, I suggest the
people to set the Language to US English to get the same done!

With regards >*< TOM >*<

Indeed--I'm not sure what other differences there are between US english and
English United Kingdom, but that is one of them. Either method works--I was
going for providing the minimal change to allow things to work correctly.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

What's your language setting. I tested with US English and a 24 hour
setting and got the bug, but there is more than one 24 hour setting, and I
didn't test all of them--not sure whether there are 2 or 3?

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I use a 24 hour clock and my scans run perfectly on time at 12AM.
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Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm