[Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater - small bug

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Sorry for all the replies.

Actually, I *was* right the first time, this is a real problem.  Wayne
WA1PMA confirmed it.  I can duplicate the problem by going into my
Windows "Date and Time Properties", on the Time Zone tab, and
checking/unchecking the "Automatically adjust clock for daylight
saving changes" check box (then trying to update again).  That's
actually good news, because it gives me an easy way to replicate and
debug the problem.  I do not have an estimate of when this will be
resolved.

73 - Jim AD1C

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> I may have misspoke - the version of DX4WUPD.EXE was out-of-date, and
> I forgot to copy it from the UPDATE directory (I can't even follow my
> own instructions).  But I thought I saw the same problem last night at
> home, but I could have been using an un-released version for testing.
> If anyone had this problem, please let me know.
>
> - Jim
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>
>> I noticed a small problem with the DX4WIN Data Updater when I ran it
>> this morning to get the latest updates.  Because the USA went from
>> daylight savings time to standard time in early November, and the
>> updater was uploaded during the DST period, the updater thinks that
>> the DX4WUPD.EXE file on the website is different. This is simply
>> because the timestamp on the file is one hour different compared to
>> the one on the PC, at least if the PC is set to local time, not UTC.
>> This causes the updater to prompt you to download it again.
>>
>> The current version of the updater is 4.4 and has not changed since
>> September, so you don't have to download the updater file again.
>>
>> I am not sure what is causing this problem, so I'll have to look into
>> it before daylight savings time starts again, at which point, if there
>> are no updates, the problem will fix itself.

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us