XCOPY /? Shows Incorrect Date Format

 Last reviewed: June 23, 1995
Article ID: Q127180
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

When you rune XCOPY /? it shows /D:M-D-Y as an optional switch. If you use the M-D-Y syntax with the /D switch, the following error message appears: 

   The syntax of the command is incorrect.
The correct format for XCOPY /D is: 

   xcopy /d:m/d/y
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbdocerr kbbug3.50
KBSubcategory: ntdocerr
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 1.51 date change

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Last reviewed: June 23, 1995
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