"Outlook Guy" wrote in message
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My computer (win-98se) has a correctly modified time-zone registry entry
for my time zone so it knows when DST is.

The clock in the bottom corner of my screen says 10:45 pm EST, and it's
currently set for GMT-5.

The latest time zone DST values went into effect long after Windows 98 became
unsupported and I don't believe Microsoft ever released the latest set of
patches for the new DST settings for Windows 98. I checked and didn't find
any. It is still using the old values and I believe that's why you see the
problem. For the periods of time between the old DST values and the new ones
you'll see discrepancies and there's nothing to be done about it as far as I
can tell.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]