OFF7: Two-Digit Years in Custom Document Properties Dialog Box in 1900s

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

If you enter a date that uses a two-digit year in the Custom tab of the Properties dialog box, the date is in the twentieth century (from 1900 to 1999).

NOTE: You may need to change the Short Date format in your Regional Settings of your operating system to see the four-digit date that is interpreted.

CAUSE

This issue occurs if you do the following:

1. On the File menu, you click Properties.



2. You click the Custom tab.



3. In the Name list box, you select a field name or enter a new field name in the edit box.



4. In the Type list, you click Date.



5. In the Value box, you enter a date that uses a two-digit year, for example, 7/5/05.



6. You click Add.

RESOLUTION

Download and install the most recent version of the Office 95 Year 2000 Update.

For additional information about downloading the Office 95 Year 2000 Update and a list of the history of changes for the update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q217027 OFF95: How to Download and Install the Year 2000 Update

MORE INFORMATION

When you type a date with a two-digit year in the Custom tab of the Properties dialog box after you install the Office 95 Year 2000 Update, Microsoft Office uses the following centuries:

   Two-digit        Century used
   year typed
   ---------------------------------

   00-29               2000
   30-99               1900 

Q164406 XL: How Microsoft Excel Works with Two-Digit Year Numbers

REFERENCES

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: Off95 kb2000 y2k

Keywords : kbdta xlloadsave
Version : Win95:7.0
Platform : Win95
Issue type : kbprb