Jim,

>I don't get 
>it... a timestamp is a timestamp why would time zones even matter?

Windows (among other systems) stores file directory timestamps in UTC, not local
time, then adjusts them by your current time zone and daylight saving time
settings for the sake of display.  This allows for much better comparisons when
comparing file / folder contents between systems in different timezones.  If you
compare UTC timestamps, you get a more reliable indication of the respective age
of the files.  (Otherwise one file could appear "newer" when it is really older,
causing unintentional data loss.)

So even though you are in the mountain time zone, I suspect your PC is set to
eastern time zone.

Doug

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