Hello Maxim,

On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:40:12 +0300 GMT (06/Apr/11, 6:40 AM +0700 GMT),
Maxim Masiutin wrote:

MM> Only the beta-testers of v5 will suffer, so the messages received or created
MM> in v5-beta will have wrong time. Messages received in v5-release will have
MM> correct time even if the tester have used v5-beta berore. We can't do
MM> otherwise, becuase in 5.0.6.1 we have implemented a new bit in each message
MM> stored in MESSAGES.TBB. If this bit is set, then the internally stored time
MM> is assumed to be stored in UTC. If this bit is not set, we assume the 
message
MM> was received or created by v4 and the time is assumed local time. In 
v5-betas
MM> prior to 5.0.6.1 there were no such bit yet but the time was already in UTC
MM> so we unfortunately must assume it is in local time. Please excuse me if I'm
MM> not crystal clear or my explanation is quircky.

I'm glad I won't have the problem when the download complete and I
install the new .exe over my v4 version.

I also understand now why the messages received in v5 will show wrong
time (i.e. assumed UTC) when downgrading. Knowing that it is always a
7-hour difference and not random hours or days makes me feel better.

-- 

Cheers,
Thomas.

http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/

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