It all depends on the applications that use the date. If they use the date
number that generates the date display (in whatever format) you will have no
problem. If your application uses text strings that contains the date
display with the short year you may have problems, depending on whether it
uses a rule to determine the century or not. Microsoft uses 45 (I think) as
the changeover point i.e. 00 to 45 will be interpreted as 20nn, 46 to 99
will be interpreted as 19nn. Other products use 50 as the changeover point.
However this is still going to have problems with birth dates (like sending
your 104 year old great-great-granny her pre-school information pack). If
your software has no rule it probably doesn't recognise 2000 at all.
PaulH.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Dwelley <ddwelley@excite.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>; MTJOYSAUTO@aol.com
<MTJOYSAUTO@aol.com>; Schooler@erols.com <Schooler@erols.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: 12 October 1999 20:17
Subject: Windows Y2K "Important"
>All,
>Sorry to bomb everyone with this but I thought it was important enough to
>pass it along.
>
>Here's some information about a Y2K update that I had to make to my PC.
>
>----------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>You may think your PC is "Y2K" compliant, and some little tests
>may have actually affirmed that your hardware is compliant, and you
>may even have a little company sticker affixed to your system
>saying "Y2K Compliant"... but you'll be surprised that Windows may
>still crash unless you do this simple exercise below. I know that I had
>not thought of this and my home computer and work computer would
>have failed Jan1, 1999. Easy fix but something Microsoft seems to
>have missed in certifying their software as Y2K compliant.
>This is simple to do, and but VERY important.
>-----------------------------------------
>
>Click on "START".
>
>Click on "SETTINGS".
>
>Double click on "Control Panel".
>
>Double click on "Regional settings" icon (look for the little
>world globe).
>
>Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. (last tab on
>the top right)
>
>Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a
>"two digit" year format ("YY"). Unless you've previously changed it
>(and you probably haven't) -- it will be set incorrectly with just
>the two Y's.. it needs to be four!
>
>That's because Microsoft made the 2 digits setting the default
>setting for Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT.
>
>This date format selected is the date that Windows feeds *ALL*
>application software and will not rollover into the year 2000.
>It will roll over to the year 00. (*)
>
>Click on the button across from "Short Date Style" and select
>the option that shows, "mm/dd/yyyy" or "m/d/yyyy". (Be sure your
>selection has four y's showing, not just "mm/dd/yy).
>
>Then click on "Apply".
>
>Then click on "OK" at the button.
>
>Easy enough to fix. However, every "as distributed"
>installation of Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover...
>Pass this along to your PC buddies... no matter how much of a guru they
>think they are... this might be a welcome bit of information!
>
>
>
>Dan Dwelley
>77 Midget
>Alexandria, Va.
>
>
>
>
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