OL97: Printing Outlook 97 Calendar Displays Year as 2099

ID: Q216410

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

When you try to print a Calendar item with a past date within the year 1999, the year gets set to 2099 in Microsoft Outlook 97.

For example:

If the date today is February 1, 1999 and you print anything from 1/1/1999 to 1/31/1999, the date gets set to 2099.

When you view the item in Print Preview, the incorrect year will be displayed as well.

Printing a date range in 1998 prints correctly.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 Update. You can download the update from the following URL:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadDetails/sr2off97detail.htm

Dates before the window that Outlook uses (-29/+70 years) will also exhibit this behavior, even after the update is applied.

While the update must be applied to bring Outlook up to Y2K compliance, a workaround is to switch the Regional Settings, Date Style, to display years using 4 digits.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 Patch, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q192874 OFF97: An Overview of Microsoft Office 97 SR-2

Additional query words: ol97 print preview 1969

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb