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Feb 26, 2004
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Why do timestamps change when I copy files to a floppy?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Floppy disks use the FAT filesystem, as do DOS-based and Windows 95-based operating systems. On the other hand, Windows NT-based systems (Windows 2000, XP, 2003, ...) tend to use the NTFS filesystem. (Although you can format a drive as FAT on Windows NT-based systems, it is not the default option.) The NTFS and FAT filesystems store times...

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Oct 24, 2003
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Why Daylight Savings Time is nonintuitive

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend in most of North America and Europe, so it seems a good time to discuss the whole problem of Daylight Savings Time and timestamps.

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Aug 22, 2003
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Why isn't my time zone highlighted on the world map?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

In the original release of Windows 95, you could change your time zone by clicking on the map, and the time zone you selected would highlight. Similarly, you could change your Region Settings by clicking on the world map. This was one of those little touches that made Windows 95 that much more fun to use. ...

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