BUG: SET CENTURY OFF is Ignored if Date is Over Year 2000

ID: Q169471

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

"SET CENTURY OFF" is ignored within text box of a form if the date type is set to "Taiwan" and the date is over "1/1/2000."

RESOLUTION

Convert the Date with the DTOC() function.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In the Command window, type following commands:
```
SET DATE to Taiwan
SET CENTURY OFF
*** Note : Year 2000 is equivalent to Taiwan Year 0089
? {^2000-01-01} 
```
"89/01/01" displays on the FoxPro desktop (or in the active window).

Place the same setting within a text box of a form and set the "Readonly" property to .F. The result is "0089/01/01."

Add a TextBox control within a form.

Change the property "Century" of the TextBox to "0 - Off."

Change the property "DateFormat" to "8 - Taiwan."

Change the "value" of the TextBox to {^2000-01-01}, which is January 1, 2000, and run the form.

NOTE: The display of the TextBox will be "0089/01/01." The TextBox value, however, is "89/01/01."

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/y2k/

Additional query words:

Keywords : kb2000 kbVFp kbVFp300 kbVFp500 FxenvOs FxprgSet
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug