Yes Nat, many US SW companies choose to write the date code US style and not to
respect the windows settings. There are some extra lines in the software and they are
probably lazy to add them.
It is probably because in most cases they can get away with it.
I had the same experience at work and I threatened to return the hardware and the SW.
They fixed it for me. This was though a smaller company. However Symantec should know
better than this. They are truly an intl. company.
As a registered user you should just contact them with your problem. This issue
qualifies as a bug since their SW does not respect Win regional settings, means it is
not fully compatible with the Win OS.
This is how I based my argument and I won. Hope this helps.
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------Original Message------
From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: April 16, 2001 3:28:08 AM GMT
Subject: [USMA:12228] pcAnywhere
Now that's annoying! I just did a remote data acquisition for an experiment
running in my lab (I'm at home now) using Norton pcAnywhere, and noticed
when I tried to retrieve the data file it was timestamped AM/PM format. It
took me a while to notice since the file transfer kept listing a new file
created around 10:00 (it's 22.00 now) but I didn't have the window open
enough to see a "P" after the "10:00".
What's really annoying is my Windows settings are of course 24h format, and
have been for years. Most applications simply pick up your preferred
settings from the Windows settings, so Symantec is deliberately overriding
to force an AM/PM clock. I can't see any Options settings to change, even in
the Registry.
Grrrrrrr!
Nat
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