WD97: Different Date Formats Listed on Insert Date and Time List

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you click Date And Time on the Insert menu, you may see different date formats under Available Formats within the same or different Word documents.

For example, if you place your insertion point at a place in the document, and then click Date And Time on the Insert menu, you may see the following list:

   1/5/98
   Monday, January 05, 1998
   January 5, 1998
   1/5/1998
   1998-01-05
   5-Jan-98
   1.5.98
   Jan. 5, 98
   5 January, 1998
   January, 98
   Jan-98

If you place your insertion point at another place in your document, click Date And Time on the Insert menu, you may see the following list:

   05/01/98
   Monday, 05 January 1998
   05 January 1998
   05/01/1998
   1998-01-05
   5-Jan-98
   05.01.98
   05 Jan. 98
   5 January, 1998
   January 98
   Jan-98

CAUSE

You will see different date and time formats in the Date And Time dialog box on the Insert menu if the text has been formatted with different Language character settings.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, change the Language character setting to the same language in the entire document. To do so, follow these steps:

1. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and click Set Language.

3. Select a Language, like English (United States), and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

The first list in the "Symptoms" section was formatted with the Language setting of English (United States); the second list in the "Symptoms" section was formatted with the Language setting of English (United Kingdom).

For additional information about date and time formats, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q134910
   TITLE     : WD: How to Set a Default DATE Field Format in Word

   ARTICLE-ID: Q169967
   TITLE     : WD97: How to Change the Default Date AutoComplete Format