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NET TIME Does Not Report Correct Remote Time in Windows NT

Article ID: 139453

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006


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SYMPTOMS

When you use the NET TIME command to display the time of a remote computer, the remote time appears in your computer's time zone. For example, if the time of the local computer (TEST1) is in Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8:00) and the time of the remote computer (TEST2) is in Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5:00), the following appears on TEST1 when you type TIME at the MS-DOS command prompt:

The current time is: 12:00:00.00


When you type NET TIME \\TEST2, the following appears:

Current time at \\TEST2 is 11/10/95 12:00 PM
The command completed successfully.


NOTE: The correct time of the remote computer is displayed when you use Windows 98; Windows 95; Windows for Workgroups 3.11; Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, version 3.0; or LAN Manager 2.2c.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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