System Date Reflects Changes While Date/Time Tool Is Open

• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you change the time or date values in the Date/Time tool in Control Panel, your computer reflects the changes before you click Apply or OK.

or

The system clock on a Windows 95-based computer may experience a cumulative loss of time.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

   Date      Time        Version   Size    File name     Platform
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   7/9/99    12:38:02PM  4.00.952  48,640  Timedate.cpl  Windows 95   
   6/28/99   01:02:32PM  4.10.223  37,888  Timedate.cpl  Windows 98 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The computer reflects the current value when the Date/Time tool is open. If you click Cancel, the date and time changes to the original settings. If you save any files while the tool is open and you have changed the date, the files use that date for the modified field. For additional information about this issue with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q174229 Control Panel Date/Time Tool Changes the Date

Q194078 System Date Reflects Changes Immediately

Additional query words: TimeDate update

Keywords : kbdisplay kbenv kbtool kbui win98
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug