Hi!
It's so stupid! Since yesterday one of my important tools doesn't work anymore. The reason: Yesterday we switched to daylight saving time.
In the script the timestamp of files is determined and compared with timestamps stored in a file. The problem: For one file the timestamp 20190305142100 is stored. Also in Windows Explorer this correct Last Modification Time is displayed: 14:21. Two days ago the world was still in order: FileGetTime delivered 20190305142100...as it should be. But since yesterday FileGetTime gives the timestamp 20190305152100 (15:21). Creasy!
What should one do here???
How to manage the FileGetTime & DST problem?
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newbieforever
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Re: How to manage the FileGetTime & DST problem?
What locale are you in, exactly? In the US, DST typically starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, it sounds like your rules for DST fall outside of that.
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newbieforever
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Re: How to manage the FileGetTime & DST problem?
Thank you, sinkfaze!
Europe/Berlin/Vienna. In our region DST is this year from March 31 to October 27. Windows 10.
...Windows Explorer displays (e.g.) 14:21, file properties says 14:21, but FileGetTime gives 15:21... Why the hell FileGetTime behaves this way? ("Why" not in the sense "how does it come to that?" but in the sense "how dare FileGetTime do that?"
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Europe/Berlin/Vienna. In our region DST is this year from March 31 to October 27. Windows 10.
...Windows Explorer displays (e.g.) 14:21, file properties says 14:21, but FileGetTime gives 15:21... Why the hell FileGetTime behaves this way? ("Why" not in the sense "how does it come to that?" but in the sense "how dare FileGetTime do that?"
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newbieforever
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Re: How to manage the FileGetTime & DST problem?
???
Is there another way to get the timestamp of a file (to avoid the use of FileGetTime)?
Is there another way to get the timestamp of a file (to avoid the use of FileGetTime)?