w32tm /tz command crash

Hello all

Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit. All updates available installed.

Open either standard user command prompt or Elevated command prompt and type

w32tm /tz

Expected results: Details about the current time zones.
Actual result is (3 lines then crash):

Time zone: Current:TIME_ZONE_ID_UNKNOWN Bias: -600min (UTC=LocalTime+Bias)
[Standard Name:"E. Australia Standard Time" Bias:0min Dateunspecified)]
[Daylight Name:"E. Australia Standard Time" Bias:0min Dateunspecified)]

Windows Time Service Diagnostic Tool has stopped working. "Check online
for a solution and close the program" or "Close the program"

Problem Details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: w32tm.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 47919586
Fault Module Name: StackHash_43c8
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791adec
Exception Code: c0000374
Exception Offset: 00000000000a6e97
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 43c8
Additional Information 2: 7afb45e905daaea53e9fde9fbcd88b7d
Additional Information 3: c33d
Additional Information 4: d90c4059b89530e803820982645bbc4e

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The output is also different on XP SP3 than Vista SP1.
The 3rd line: Daylight Name:"E.Australia Standard Time" Bias:0
Dateunspecified) on vista is reported as Bias:-60 on XP.

This may be due a config error, but My time Zone is set correctly
(Brisbane / Australia +10, no Daylight savings (Thats a whole different
story - referendum? - PAH)) and this is reported in Vista.

2 Questions
1: Why the w32tm /tz crash on vista
2: Why the difference in output between vista and XP?

Steve

Steven Andrews wrote:
> Hello all
>
> Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit. All updates available installed.
>
> Open either standard user command prompt or Elevated command prompt and
> type
>
> w32tm /tz
>
> Expected results: Details about the current time zones.
> Actual result is (3 lines then crash):
>
> Time zone: Current:TIME_ZONE_ID_UNKNOWN Bias: -600min (UTC=LocalTime+Bias)
> [Standard Name:"E. Australia Standard Time" Bias:0min Dateunspecified)]
> [Daylight Name:"E. Australia Standard Time" Bias:0min Dateunspecified)]
>
> Windows Time Service Diagnostic Tool has stopped working. "Check online
> for a solution and close the program" or "Close the program"
>
> Problem Details:
> Problem signature:
> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
> Application Name: w32tm.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Application Timestamp: 47919586
> Fault Module Name: StackHash_43c8
> Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Fault Module Timestamp: 4791adec
> Exception Code: c0000374
> Exception Offset: 00000000000a6e97
> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
> Locale ID: 3081
> Additional Information 1: 43c8
> Additional Information 2: 7afb45e905daaea53e9fde9fbcd88b7d
> Additional Information 3: c33d
> Additional Information 4: d90c4059b89530e803820982645bbc4e
>
> Read our privacy statement:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?link...3&clcid=0x0409
>
>
> The output is also different on XP SP3 than Vista SP1.
> The 3rd line: Daylight Name:"E.Australia Standard Time" Bias:0
> Dateunspecified) on vista is reported as Bias:-60 on XP.
>
> This may be due a config error, but My time Zone is set correctly
> (Brisbane / Australia +10, no Daylight savings (Thats a whole different
> story - referendum? - PAH)) and this is reported in Vista.
>
> 2 Questions
> 1: Why the w32tm /tz crash on vista
> 2: Why the difference in output between vista and XP?
>
> Steve

I have since done some more testing:

SBS2008 Premium reports the same error (except the OS Version is different)
Vista 64bit SP1 reports the error
Vista 32 pre SP1 reports the same error / different version numbers.

I've logged it as a bug on connect.microsoft.com

Steve