in reply to Win32 UTC handling

Why don't you consult the documentation for the library that's providing the LocalDateTime() function/method. Since you don't tell us where that comes from, it's a little hard for us to help you.

Additionally, you might want to provide other information, such as your Perl version as well as your OS version. I suspect that the LocalDateTime function may have changed between Windows98 and WindowsXP Pro, for example.

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