XCLN: Date Fields in EFD Forms May Not Work for Year Values 2000 and Greater

ID: Q202432

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook, versions 2000, 97, 98

SYMPTOMS

If you use a Date field in a form that was created with Exchange Forms Designer (EFD), which is a stand-alone 16-bit Visual Basic run-time utility, the dates do not work as expected for dates with year values 2000 or greater. For example, if you type the date 01/28/00 into the Date field, the displayed result is Sunday, January 28, 1900, instead of Friday, January 28, 2000.

CAUSE

Exchange Forms Designer is not year 2000 (Y2K) compliant. EFD changes the two-digit date value to 19XX, where XX is the date value entered.

For additional information on how Visual Basic 4.0 handles dates, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view71810EN.htm

RESOLUTION

There is no resolution for this issue. Outlook 97, Outlook 98, and Outlook 2000 have their own 32-bit Forms Design routines that are Y2K compliant, and correctly display a date in the form 01/28/00.

WORKAROUND

Use Outlook 97, Outlook 98, Outlook 2000, or 32-bit Visual Basic to design your forms.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

The following steps are for Outlook 98, but you can reproduce the problem in Outlook 97 and Outlook 2000 as well.

Set your computer's date to any date before January 1, 2000.

Start Outlook.

On the Tools menu, click Options, click Other, click Advanced Options, click Custom Forms, and then click Manage Forms.

Click Install, and then point to the attached FDM file.

Click OK to install it into the selected forms library.

On the Tools menu, click Forms, and then click Choose Form to start the EFD form.

Place the cursor in the Date field, type 01/28/00, and then press TAB to exit the field.

Actual Result:
The date changes to Sunday, January 28, 1900.

Expected Result:
The date should change to Friday, January 28, 2000.

NOTE: If you type the date with four digits for the year (for example, 01/28/2000), then it correctly displays the expected date. Similarly, if your system date is changed so that the current year is 2000-2099, then "00-99" are converted to 2000-2099.

Additional query words: OL98 OL97 OL2000

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000,97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb