ftp displays wrong time in Win7 explorer - other computers on XP or previous see the correct time
NO ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IN OVER A YEAR? Shame on Microsoft Windows7, Explorer is showing a -6 hour difference in time from my actualfile date. This is NOT simply the time difference between my computer (in Central time zone) and the server (on Eastern time). Explorer is ignoring the server's time stamp and subtracting exactly 6 hours from the time of the what the server should say. I know this because I'm also looking at the exact same folder and files using XP and the time stamps are exactly as they should be. I modified a file locally (on Windows 7) and copied it up to the server. The time stamp local is 9:36a. The time stamp on the server should be 10:36a, but instead it says 4:36a. So, I copied a file from the server back to here and it reports locally 6 hours later (10:38a) than what is on the server (4:38a). Looking at the exact same files through explorer on XP shows that the time should have been 10:38a. If it wasn't for time showing correctly on XP, I'd assume it was a problem at the server, but there seems to be something in either the display of time, or in the way it sends thefile'stime-stamp. And now I'm testing it on another ftpserver, which I think has their time set to UTC (my 10:00a is their 4:00p). Using XP, I create a brand new file locally, and transmit it to this server. It initially appears with the same timestamp as the original file (10:16a). I then do a refresh of the server list (in XP) and it jumps forward 6 hours (4:16p). I look at this server with Windows 7 and it shows that the file has a timestamp of 10:16a. So Icopy that file (using Windows 7) to its local drive and it tells me that the timestamp is 4:16p (later today). I've triple-checked my PC's time settings (set to UTC-06:00 Central Time). I've verified with the first server's techies that the PC is in Eastern time (I've not reached the other server's people yet). In both cases, however, Windows 7 is showing the time of the files on the ftp servers to be 6 hours earlier than their actual time-stamp.
May 5th, 2012 7:37pm

I have had the same problem with WIN7 explorer, viewing file timestamps with FTP on a remote web server. If you copy the remote URL address and use IE9 to view the same folder, you will see the correct file timestamps. Also if you temporarily change the time zone on your local machine to "Coordinated Universal Time" UTC-0 then you will see the correct file timestamps of when the files were actually created on the remote server. I guess that Microsoft chose to make this change in Windows 7 so that we would be aware that FTP on servers actually use UTC-0 time for a timestamp when they create a new file. Just remember to change your local machine time zone back to normal when you are done.
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