Int2Cat - DriverVer set to incorrect date

Question

I'm trying to develop a driver using Visual Studio 2012, which automatically integrates with WDK.

When I try to build my driver, I receive an error message from Inf2Cat app. It says:

Errors: 2> 22.9.7: DriverVer set to incorrect date (postdated DriverVer not allowed) in \ntleg.inf. The current date (UTC) is 1/3/2013.

In my NTLeg.inf I have:

[Version]
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=
ClassGuid=
Provider=
DriverVer=
CatalogFile=NTLeg.cat

So, DriverVerProperty is empty. I tried to fill it with any value, but Inf2Cat reports the same error. I tried to fill it with current, past and future date, the same result. What should I do?

I tried samples provided with WDK and the all are reporting this error.

Answer 1

When using StampInf to automatically populate DriverVer it uses local time not GMT, but Inf2Cat defaults to verifying in GMT (UTC). See Microsoft comments and suggestions in StampInf documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff552789(v=vs.85).aspx

Easiest fix is to change your driver package project settings for Inf2Cat to set /uselocaltime. Then the problem goes away!