Hi,

when i create a new user in a .MDF file, the hour of creation in the field
"createdate" of table "membership" is exactly 2 hours less than the time of
my computer. Probably something to do with different hours between Europe
and UK or ...

How can i set the creation hour to exact the same hour of my computer?

Thanks
Dan

UK is not resided in Europe? ;)

Look at the code. Are you using CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, GETDATE() or any UTC-related function?

Hi, thanks for replying

I meant: UK is not part of the continent ... and there is a difference of two hours between UK and the continent.

I don't use any function. The user is created using asp.net control CreateUserWizard. The user enters his name, password etc ... and it's done.

Which component is writing the CREATEDATE column then?
The SQL Server get it's date and time from the server on which it is installed.
Your computer may have different settings.

Is the Column set a default value at the DB level, or is that sent from the .net application? If sent from the .net application then the time settings (2 hours lag) of the application system might be different from what the DB server has.

Have check on that.
Cheers.

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The test i did (creating an user in sql server via asp.net) happened on the computer with Sql server. The settings (region, language) of that computer are correct because the clock and date are correct on my screen.
I still don't understand why sql server doesn't use that date /time and wonder which setting it uses.

What does "select getdate()" return on the sql server? Is there a lag of 2 hours in that? If there is a lag you might want to fix it at the sql server computer.
Otherwise...
Why dont you try setting default value for that column in the sql server and see if that helps. Then you might remove the code that sets user creation date from the application.

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- Vijay G
Strive for Perfection