newbie could somone please tell me why this code does not work

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From: darren (no email)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 17:55:57 +0000

Hi i have alterd some code that changed the system time so it changes
the date could you olease tell me why it does not work

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

        
                        
                        public struct SystemTime
                        {
                                public short wYear;
                                public short wMonth;
                                public short wDayOfWeek;
                                public short wDay;
                                public short wHour;
                                public short wMinute;
                                public short wSecond;
                                public short wMilliseconds;
                        }

                public class MyTimeAdjuster
                {
                        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
                        public static extern bool GetSystemTime(ref
SystemTime systemTime);
                        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
                        public static extern bool SetSystemTime(ref
SystemTime systemTime);

                        void SetNewTime(short d, short m, short y)
                        {
                                SystemTime st = new SystemTime();
                                GetSystemTime(ref st);
                                st.wDay = d;
                                st.wMonth = m;
                                st.wYear = y;
                                SetSystemTime(ref st);
                        }

                        public static void Main(string[] args)
                        {
                                MyTimeAdjuster myTime = new
MyTimeAdjuster();
                                myTime.SetNewTime(1,12,2002);
                        }
                }

        

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