pdf timestamps incorrect

[Anonymous]

Using ACAD LT 2013 SP2. When I plot with the built-in DWG to PDF.pc3, the pdf file timestamp is way off. For example, I plotted a drawing at 3:14pm EDT, but the pdf timestamp is 11:56am. The date is correct, but the time is not. The original dwg saves with the correct time. Also, if I use a different pdf generator, like CutePDF, the timestamp is correct. This seems to have happened since I applied SP2, but I noticed it only recently. I know that this is not the original behavior. Has anyone else seen this? Any suggestions? Thanks.

[pendean]

What are you using for a timestamp? There is none built into the PC3 file.
What if you PLOT to paper?

[Anonymous]

Hi Dean,

I'm referring to the timestamp on the file in the Windows dialog box, as seen in the attached file.

The pdf was created only minutes before the dwg was last saved, but the timestamp is way off.  The time on the dwg is correct.  The PC time is correct.  I have tried this on a clean reboot with nothing else running, with the same result.

[sthompson1021 · Accepted solution]

Hi, there was a similar problem a couple months ago. Here is a link to that thread.http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2013-2014-DWG-Format/Wrong-date-on-DWG-to-PDF-files/td-p/38756...

[Anonymous]

Well, that was weird! I am also using a network drive (Western Digital MyBook Duo), which was trying to use time.windows.com for its ntp server, and the system time was off. I changed the ntp server to pool.ntp.org, the drive got the correct time right away, and that fixed the problem. Really odd that the ACAD pdf driver seems the only thing that affected. Many thanks for the tip! Cheers, Al