Windows Explorer wrongly implemented feature... file timestamps, timezones and DST

Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I think
that Windows Explorer doesn't implement Daylight Savings Time well for NTFS
files... (it's not a bug actually, but it is inconvenient and I think it is
easy to overcome).
I know that NTFS stores time using UTC (GMT), so the time displayed to the
user is shifted accordingly to his/her timezone. So, for example here (in
Greece) it adds 2 hours during winter and 3 hours during summer.
This however is happening to all files at the same time, instead of adding
the proper hour-value ACCORDINGLY to the date of the file!

So, if I had two files with these timestamps:
First.txt -> modified at 1 Jan 2005 8:00 (GMT)
Second.txt -> modified at 1 Jun 2005 8:00 (GMT)
it should display:
First.txt -> 1 Jan 2005 10:00 (GMT + 2)
Second.txt -> 1 Jun 2005 11:00 (GMT + 3)

Instead of that, it is displaying two different stuff, accordingly to the
date we have today(!!!)
If you read them in, let's say in February, you would see...
First.txt -> 1 Jan 2005 10:00
Second.txt -> 1 Jun 2005 10:00
....and in July...
First.txt -> 1 Jan 2005 11:00
Second.txt -> 1 Jun 2005 11:00

So, as far as Explorer is concerned, the file changes its time twice during
each year!!! :-P
This is causing some problems especially when you copy files between FAT and
NTFS drives (since FAT stores time as it is displayed).

It is kind of stupid I think.... and the answer is really simple: Just
observe the file's recorded date before you return its time!

I hope someone at Microsoft reads this so they will provide a fix, 'cause I
think it is, kind of, easy to implement... Or not? ;-)
Andrew.




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