XCON: SP2 of PROFS Connector Sets Sent Date to Jan 1, 1601 on Messages Received from SoftSwitch Environment

ID: Q224597

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

After upgrading an Exchange Server computer to version 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2), messages received from a SoftSwitch environment may display a sent date as 1/1/01. If your client is configured to display a 4-digit year, you will see 1/1/1601.

If you examine the message with MDBVU, you will see a date of Jan 1, 1601. Note that this is the base time for the FILETIME format.

CAUSE

A logic change introduced in Exchange Server 5.5 SP2 can leave the date uninitialized. When the uninitialized SYSTEMTIME structure is passed to the LocalFileTimeToFileTime() function, the result is Jan 1, 1601.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: OV/VM Connector

File name	Version
Lsdiamex.exe	5.5.2582.0

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: SoftSwitch SSW Profs

Keywords : EXC55SP3Fix
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug