In Windows 7 Pro when we use ftp to browse to a folder on an AIX server it shows the wrong time. The date is correct, the minutes are correct, but the hours are off by exactly 5 hours. We have verified on the server itself that the date\time stamp is correct. Also from a Windows XP Pro pc the time stamp is correct. Using a 3rd party ftp client on the Windows 7 pc the time is displayed correctly. When viewing the properties of the file through ftp\browser it shows the correct time. Also a 3rd party browser shows the correct time. So is there anything in Windows 7 we should be looking at? We are mapping a drive using: ftp//username:password@server_ip_address/directory_path. Ex: ftp://joe:password@192.168.1.10/userdirectory Thanks

Time being off an exact multiple of an hour is usually due to timezone settings. Verify the timezone on both server and client.MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

The timezone is the same on the server and both the Windows 7 and Windows XP pc. The time stamp always shows correctly on the device where the file is stored. But on the Windows 7 pc using ftp to login\browse to the server the time stamp on the file is off by 5 hours. Thanks.

You're on the East Coast of the US, are you? This retired KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/173054 explains the FTP timestamp is recorded as GMT, so you should fudge that zone setting to equal yours. I haven't any idea what that means without trying it, but I guess it's still applicable.

Thanks for the response. I am Central Time. The server is running IBM AIX and so far I have been unable to find any configuration parameter for the ftp time. Also I am wondering why it always works fine with XP, but not with Windows 7. Thanks for the idea.

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That's too funny. I see it now too. I just viewed a large FTP folder thru Windows Explorer, then saved a file on my local drive (via drag-n-drop). It's Properties showed a time difference exactly equal to my location delta from GMT. Next, I downloaded it with a 3rd party app. Its Properties then exactly matched the original server's timestamp. So, I guess that's how Windows 7 works. If you find a client side adjustment, post it here. I'd like to fix it too. Thanks for posting.

That's too funny. I see it now too. I just viewed a large FTP folder through Windows Explorer, then saved one file on my local drive (via drag-n-drop). Its Properties showed a time difference exactly equal to my location delta from GMT. (Arguably, the timestamp was adjusted in the wrong direction, if there is any sense to it anyway). Next, I downloaded that same file with a 3rd party app. Its Properties then exactly matched the original server's timestamp. So, I guess that's how Windows 7 works. If you find a client side setting, post it here. I'd like to fix it too. Thanks.

We "map" a network drive through Computer in Windows 7 to another network location and use ftp://username:password@serveripaddress/directory. For example: ftp://joeuser:password@192.168.1.100/userdirectory. If we use a 3rd party app like ftp commander the time stamp is accurate. Thanks

Try this. Open ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/ in Windows Explorer. Then view the timestamp on the README.TXT file at the bottom of that page. Then right-click it, and view its Properties. Different timestamp, right? How many hours difference do you see? I think it is the difference between PST and GMT. Strange.

We also get different times between the folder view and the properties on the README.TXT file. On our Windows 7 pc we see 5 hours time difference between the 2, which I think is the difference between CDT and GMT. But the "wrong" timestamp is earlier than the correct timestamp. If I am not totally confused then GMT should be later than CDT. IE: if it is 10:54 AM now in CDT then it is 15:54 in GMT. BTW our Windows XP pc still shows the correct time on the folder view. This is not really a major deal for us, but we use ftp to copy files from the server, and we use the date\timestamp to make sure we have the correct file. Because the server isn't a Windows server we don't use nfs, so we rely on ftp. Thanks

We also get different times between the folder view and the properties on the file. On our Windows 7 pc we see 5 hours time difference between the 2, which I think is the difference between CDT and GMT. But the "wrong" timestamp is earlier than the correct timestamp. If I am not totally confused then GMT should be later than CDT. IE: if it is 10:54 AM now in CDT then it is 15:54 in GMT. BTW our Windows XP pc still shows the correct time on the folder view. This is not really a major deal for us, but we use ftp to copy files from the server, and we use the date\timestamp to make sure we have the correct file. Because the server isn't a Windows server we don't use nfs, so we rely on ftp. Thanks