SMB Users Time Connected is 00:00

We have Mac OS X Server 10.6 running as a PDC with windows users logging into roaming profiles. Everything works great on the server but when looking at the SMB connections the time connected always displays 00:00. This is only for SMB clients. AFP clients show actual connection times.
This has been an issue with XP clients for a long time in the various installations I have implemented. I can't believe that Apple has included this apparent functionality for server server versions now but has left it broken. Can anyone tell me if this feature actually works?
And if it does, am I doing something wrong to always wind up with SMB connection times of 00:00?

We are having this same issue. I've seen this in many implementations of OS X Server running SMB services. Can anyone shed any light on this? Can anyone confirm one way or the other?
In Fact, I have never seen an implementation of OX X Server using SMB services where the time the clients have been connected is anything but 00.00. And this has been the case over many versions of OS X Server. If it doesn't work, why even have the field there.

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