OL2000: (CW) Cannot Advance 2-Digit Dates Beyond 12/31/79

ID: Q199991

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate Workgroup/Other option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate" if you have the Corporate Workgroup installation.

SYMPTOMS

In the Outlook Out of Office Assistant, 2-digit dates are parsed into years 1980 through 2079, regardless of the current year.

CAUSE

Certain features in Outlook are designed to use different parsing algorithms that better fit their particular context. The Advanced rule settings of the Out of Office Assistant uses the range of 1980-2079. For more information about 2-digit date handling, see the following Microsoft Internet web page:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32309EN.htm

STATUS

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

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug