Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Under Windows XP, most file displays show the file date-time identifier in terms of the current system time zone setting.
Thus, a file that was created at 2009.05.01 10:22 am (local time, as set in the O/S at the time of creation - in my case, CST) will now show up in file lists as having been created 2009.05.01 11:22 (local time, in the current system time zone, CDT). But later this year, when we are back on CST, that same file will show up again as having been created at 10:22 am.
This is of course silly and a real pain. If I am looking for a file with an image I know was taken just after church started one Sunday, about 10:00 am, but that was when CST was in effect, and now the system is running in CDT, I have to look for a file with a time of about 11:00 am.
Can this behavior be suppressed? I would like to have file times reported as of the time zone in effect when they were created - that is the context in which I likely know what they should have been.
Thanks for any help.
Best regards,
Doug
Thus, a file that was created at 2009.05.01 10:22 am (local time, as set in the O/S at the time of creation - in my case, CST) will now show up in file lists as having been created 2009.05.01 11:22 (local time, in the current system time zone, CDT). But later this year, when we are back on CST, that same file will show up again as having been created at 10:22 am.
This is of course silly and a real pain. If I am looking for a file with an image I know was taken just after church started one Sunday, about 10:00 am, but that was when CST was in effect, and now the system is running in CDT, I have to look for a file with a time of about 11:00 am.
Can this behavior be suppressed? I would like to have file times reported as of the time zone in effect when they were created - that is the context in which I likely know what they should have been.
Thanks for any help.
Best regards,
Doug