PPT: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format

ID: q182546

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you save a presentation from PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, in PowerPoint 4.0 format, PowerPoint saves the year portion of the date incorrectly using a three-digit format like this:


   01/01/104

This behavior occurs if all of the following conditions are true:

The system date is set to the year 2000 or greater.

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You inserted date fields in your presentation and chose to have them update automatically.

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The dates are formatted in any two-digit format (for example, 01/01/04).

CAUSE

The Pp7trans.dll file that PowerPoint uses to translate files to PowerPoint 4.0 format is not year 2000 compliant.

WORKAROUND

Method 1: Install a Patch

Microsoft has made available a patch that stores dates in the correct format when you save a PowerPoint version 7.0 file in PowerPoint 4.0 format. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Ppty2kus.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.

Method 2: Use a Four-Digit Date Format

To work around this behavior, use a date format that formats the year as four digits, such as "Saturday, January 1, 2000."

STATUS

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

Additional query words: off95 7.0 ppt ppt7 powerpnt powerpnt7 powerpoint 2000+ years 2M y2k y2000 compliance follow standard

Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion kb2000
Version : WINDOWS:7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug