OL97: Year Displays as 100 in Data Link Wizard

ID: Q250414

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

When you export data to your Timex Data Link watch, some date range text boxes in the Outlook Import and Export Wizard display the year as 100. When you step through the wizard, you receive several type mismatch errors. Once the transfer of data is completed, the incorrect date appears as '00 on your watch.

If you select Current time and time zone information in the wizard, the exported day of the week is off by one day.

WORKAROUND

Manually change the date from 100 to 2000.

To correct the day of the week, press the Time Set button on the watch to recalibrate the current settings.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

If you use either Outlook 98 or Outlook 2000, but you are using the Outlook 97 version of the Data Link support file, Outltimx.dll, you will experience the same symptoms.

To correct this, obtain and install the updated version of the Outltimx.dll (v. 2.0.0.1, available on the Outlook 98 CD, or v.2.0.0.9, available on the Outlook 2000 or Office 2000 CD).

Microsoft is working on the best method to distribute the updated file and will post more information when it becomes available.

To install the updated version, copy Outltimx.dll to the following location:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Convert

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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: 97 Y2K KB2000 wrong 1900 00

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