Guest Matt Bracken Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 I have 3 directories on my Windows 2003 server that have a date of 12/31/1979 11:00pm. They are empty, but this was back when our company still used pencil and paper. Can somebody tell me how this could have happened? It was not a tool to change the date.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Re: Directory date of 12/30/1979 "Matt Bracken" <mbracken@freightcar.net> wrote in message news:ulgTfHMPIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I have 3 directories on my Windows 2003 server that have a date of >12/31/1979 11:00pm. They are empty, but this was back when our company >still used pencil and paper. > Can somebody tell me how this could have happened? It was not a tool to > change the date. > Maybe the laptop clock was way out at some stage or some application used flawed code when generating these folders. I do not understand your second question "It was not a tool to change the date." - please rephrase.
Guest Matt Bracken Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Re: Directory date of 12/30/1979 There are freeware tools to allow a date to be changed on a file or directory "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:O%23RYwbMPIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Matt Bracken" <mbracken@freightcar.net> wrote in message > news:ulgTfHMPIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>I have 3 directories on my Windows 2003 server that have a date of >>12/31/1979 11:00pm. They are empty, but this was back when our company >>still used pencil and paper. >> Can somebody tell me how this could have happened? It was not a tool to >> change the date. >> > > Maybe the laptop clock was way out at some stage or some > application used flawed code when generating these folders. > > I do not understand your second question "It was not a tool to > change the date." - please rephrase. >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Re: Directory date of 12/30/1979 Correct. "Matt Bracken" <mbracken@freightcar.net> wrote in message news:%23o$Cx4MPIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > There are freeware tools to allow a date to be changed on a file or > directory > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message > news:O%23RYwbMPIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> "Matt Bracken" <mbracken@freightcar.net> wrote in message >> news:ulgTfHMPIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>I have 3 directories on my Windows 2003 server that have a date of >>>12/31/1979 11:00pm. They are empty, but this was back when our company >>>still used pencil and paper. >>> Can somebody tell me how this could have happened? It was not a tool to >>> change the date. >>> >> >> Maybe the laptop clock was way out at some stage or some >> application used flawed code when generating these folders. >> >> I do not understand your second question "It was not a tool to >> change the date." - please rephrase. >> > >
Guest Richard Mueller [MVP] Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 Re: Directory date of 12/30/1979 "Matt Bracken" <mbracken@freightcar.net> wrote in message news:ulgTfHMPIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I have 3 directories on my Windows 2003 server that have a date of >12/31/1979 11:00pm. They are empty, but this was back when our company >still used pencil and paper. > Can somebody tell me how this could have happened? It was not a tool to > change the date. > That date is suspicious. The zero date for the VB Date function is December 30, 1899 (not Dec. 31). I think I remember some DOS versions having a zero date of Jan. 1, 1980. The 11:00 pm could be due to daylight savings time change. I think the date of the directory became lost or corrupted and defaulted to a zero value. -- Richard Mueller Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --
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