OL97: New Appointment Date Initialized to 8/27/96

• Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

When creating a new appointment in Microsoft Outlook 97 the date may be incorrectly intitialized to 8/27/96.

CAUSE

The new appointment date will be incorrectly initialized to 8/27/96 when you use the following steps to create the appointment:

1. On the Outlook Bar, click Inbox.

2. On the Compose menu, click Choose Template.

3. Select the Appointment template, click OK.

RESOLUTION

To create an appointment with the date initialized to the current date, use one of the following methods:

• On the File menu point to New, and then click Appointment.

      -or-
  

• Click the Calendar Icon on the Outlook Bar and on the Calendar menu, click New Appointment.

      -or-
  

• Press CTRL+SHIFT+A.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 97. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on appointments, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173015
   TITLE     : How to Create an Appointment that Links to a Contact

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171960
   TITLE     : How to Change the Default Duration of Appointments