Y2K: NTMMTA Incorrectly Logs Dates after 1999

ID: Q192156

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Mail NTMMTA incorrectly logs dates after 1999 in the Sent.log and Recv.log files.

The following is an excerpt from the Session.log file before and after the date changed to 2000:


   Cactus     31-12-99 23:52 From: BENSNET/TEAZLE
   Cactus     31-12-99 23:52 To: BENSNET/CACTUS
   Cactus     31-12-99 23:54 From: BENSNET/CACTUS
   Cactus     31-12-99 23:54 To: BENSNET/TEAZLE
   Cactus     01-01-100 00:01 From: BENSNET/TEAZLE
   Cactus     01-01-100 00:01 To: BENSNET/CACTUS
   Cactus     01-01-100 00:02 From: BENSNET/CACTUS
   Cactus     01-01-100 00:02 To: BENSNET/TEAZLE
   Cactus     02-01-100 00:01 Sending mail (1)
   Cactus     01-01-101 00:02 From: BENSNET/TEAZLE
   Cactus     01-01-101 00:02 To: BENSNET/CACTUS
   Cactus     02-01-101 00:01 Sending mail (1)
   Cactus     02-01-101 00:01 Press Y to exit, N to continue.
   Cactus     02-01-101 00:01 Shutting down ...

The date format in the Session.log is mm/dd/yy. The date should to change from xx/xx/99 to xx/xx/00. Instead, the date changes to xx/xx/100 for the year 2000 and xx/xx/101 for the year 2001.

A similar set of entries exist for the Sent.log and Recv.log files:


   31-12-99 23:52       772  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin
   01-01-10 00:01       784  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin
   02-01-10 00:01       784  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin
   14-01-10 23:57       787  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin
   15-01-10 00:01       787  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin
   31-12-10 23:56       790  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin

However, the date changes from xx/xx/99 to xx/xx/10, instead of to xx/xx/00.

For the year 2001, the year still remains as 10 and does not change until the year 2010 when the year becomes 11.

CAUSE

The code working out the date format for the Sent.log and Recv.log files was incorrect.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the following fix.

This fix should have the following time stamp:


   Async.ovl      4/15/99    2:04AM  277,040 bytes (version 3.5.34)
   External.exe   4/15/99    2:19AM   54,608 bytes (version 3.5.34)
   X25eicon.ovl   4/15/99    2:15AM  274,880 bytes (version 3.5.34)

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Exty2k.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/pcmail-public/All-Y2K/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail for PC Networks version 3.5. A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services for more information. This is a hotfix and distribution requires tech. lead, escalation engineer, or manager approval. To receive the hotfix, customers must be encountering the bug as described above.

The STATUS section above states whether this fix is available as a hotfix or in the latest Service Pack. For comparison/testing purposes, the original hotfix is available in the Hotfix Download section of \\Goodguys\QFERel\MSMail\Hotfixes\Y2K.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kb2000
Version : WINDOWS:3.5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug