Hey Rich,
I was reading the wikipedia page on Generalized time as well as this: http://www.obj-sys.com/asn1tutorial/node14.html
Taking a closer look at the RFC4171, i can now see what part i was missing:
The LDAP definition for the Generalized Time syntax is:
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.24 DESC 'Generalized Time' )
This syntax corresponds to the GeneralizedTime ASN.1 type from [ASN.1], with the constraint that local time without a differential SHALL NOT be used.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4517#section-3.3.13
I will have to have the code changes made to my apps to conform this.
Thanks for all your help. James