} else if((pSMBr->hdr.WordCount == 13)
                        && ((pSMBr->DialectIndex == LANMAN_PROT)
                                || (pSMBr->DialectIndex == LANMAN2_PROT))) {
-               int tmp, adjust;
+               __s16 tmp;
                struct lanman_neg_rsp * rsp = (struct lanman_neg_rsp *)pSMBr;
 
                if((secFlags & CIFSSEC_MAY_LANMAN) || 
                        server->maxRw = 0;/* we do not need to use raw anyway */
                        server->capabilities = CAP_MPX_MODE;
                }
-               tmp = le16_to_cpu(rsp->ServerTimeZone);
-               if (tmp == (int)0xffff) {
+               tmp = (__s16)le16_to_cpu(rsp->ServerTimeZone);
+               if (tmp == 0xffff) {
                        /* OS/2 often does not set timezone therefore
                         * we must use server time to calc time zone.
-                        * Could deviate slightly from the right zone. Not easy
-                        * to adjust, since timezones are not always a multiple
-                        * of 60 (sometimes 30 minutes - are there smaller?)
+                        * Could deviate slightly from the right zone.
+                        * Smallest defined timezone difference is 15 minutes
+                        * (i.e. Nepal).  Rounding up/down is done to match
+                        * this requirement.
                         */
+                       int val, seconds, remain, result;
                        struct timespec ts, utc;
                        utc = CURRENT_TIME;
                        ts = cnvrtDosUnixTm(le16_to_cpu(rsp->SrvTime.Date),
                        cFYI(1,("SrvTime: %d sec since 1970 (utc: %d) diff: %d",
                                (int)ts.tv_sec, (int)utc.tv_sec, 
                                (int)(utc.tv_sec - ts.tv_sec)));
-                       tmp = (int)(utc.tv_sec - ts.tv_sec);
-                       adjust = tmp < 0 ? -29 : 29;
-                       tmp = ((tmp + adjust) / 60) * 60;
-                       server->timeAdj = tmp;
+                       val = (int)(utc.tv_sec - ts.tv_sec);
+                       seconds = val < 0 ? -val : val;
+                       result = (seconds / IN_TZ_ADJ) * MIN_TZ_ADJ;
+                       remain = seconds % MIN_TZ_ADJ;
+                       if(remain >= (MIN_TZ_ADJ / 2))
+                               result += MIN_TZ_ADJ;
+                       if(val < 0)
+                               result = - result;
+                       server->timeAdj = result;
                } else {
-                       server->timeAdj = tmp * 60; /* also in seconds */
+                       server->timeAdj = (int)tmp;
+                       server->timeAdj *= 60; /* also in seconds */
                }
                cFYI(1,("server->timeAdj: %d seconds", server->timeAdj));
 
        cFYI(0, ("Max buf = %d", ses->server->maxBuf));
        GETU32(ses->server->sessid) = le32_to_cpu(pSMBr->SessionKey);
        server->capabilities = le32_to_cpu(pSMBr->Capabilities);
-       server->timeAdj = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->ServerTimeZone) * 60;      
+       server->timeAdj = (int)(__s16)le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->ServerTimeZone);
+       server->timeAdj *= 60;
        if (pSMBr->EncryptionKeyLength == CIFS_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE) {
                memcpy(server->cryptKey, pSMBr->u.EncryptionKey,
                       CIFS_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE);
        pSMBr = (CLOSE_RSP *)pSMB; /* BB removeme BB */
 
        pSMB->FileID = (__u16) smb_file_id;
-       pSMB->LastWriteTime = 0;
+       pSMB->LastWriteTime = 0xFFFFFFFF;
        pSMB->ByteCount = 0;
        rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
                         (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);