Convlog.exe Converts Year 2000 Dates to Year 2028

ID: Q245329

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The Convlog.exe file, provided with Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0, incorrectly converts dates after the year 2000.

CAUSE

A function that converted the date string to an integer contained a logic error.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

For your convenience, this software update is also available for individual download:

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center or Microsoft's FTP site. Click the file names below to download the appropriate file.

NOTE: This file is not packaged. Save it to your hard disk and then manually replace the existing Convlog.exe file with this updated version.

x86:
Microsoft Download Center: Convlog.exe

FTP: Convlog.exe
Alpha:
Microsoft Download Center: Convlog.exe

FTP: Convlog.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server 3.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a.

MORE INFORMATION

For internationl versions of this fix, please go to the appropriate ftp location:

Arabic ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/ar/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Brazilian ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/bra/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Simplified Chinese ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/chs/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Traditional Chinese ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/cht/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Czech ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/cze/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Danish ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/dan/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Hebrew ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/ew/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Finnish ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/fin/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

French ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/frn/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

German ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/ger/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Hungarian ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/hun/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Italian ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/ita/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Japanese ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/jpn/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Korean ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/kor/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Dutch ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/nld/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Norwegian ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/nor/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Polish ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/pol/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Russian ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/rus/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Spanish ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/spa/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Swedish ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/sve/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

Thai ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/th/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6/y2k/convlog-fix/

For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug