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UTC vs local timestamp variances in tools

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EvtxECmd version # I am running EvtxCmd version 1.0.0.0

Describe the bug If I run EvtxCmd at 12:00 without specifying an output file name, the generated file has a name such as 20220615100000_EvtxECmd_Output.csv. If I run it with others EZTools in a powershell loop, all others default output file names are like 20220615120101_LECmd_Output.csv. @ro-olivier identified the same behavior on its end.

To Reproduce The exact command executed is .\EvtxECmd.exe -d .\C\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs\ --csv .\output\EventLogs with a fresh install of all EZTools.

Expected behavior I expect the timestamp to be 20220615100000_EvtxECmd_Output.csv

Additional context My timezone is GMT + 2 / UTC+1

Possible explanation I suspect there are some time conversion between UTC and local timezone that somehow affected also the file name ?

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Created a year ago
Comments:6 (5 by maintainers)

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EricZimmermancommented, Jun 15, 2022

this is done

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EricZimmermancommented, Jun 15, 2022

yea thats my bad. should have all been UTC from the get go. if you notice any others please let me know

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