WD97: Dates in Table Sort Incorrectly as Date Type

ID: Q196015

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Dates earlier than January 1, 1901, or later than December 31, 2035, are sorted incorrectly when you sort a list in a table as a Date type. (To locate this option, click Sort Text on the Table menu.)

For example, when you sort this list:


   May 1, 1504
   Jan 1, 1901
   April 2, 1400
   May 5, 1503
   Sept 6, 1966

The result appears like this:


   May 1, 1504
   April 2, 1400
   May 5, 1503
   Jan 1, 1901
   Sept 6, 1966

CAUSE

Word does not recognize dates earlier than January 1, 1901, or later than December 31, 2035, as valid dates.

WORKAROUND

Sort the dates as text.

STATUS

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

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta word97 kbtable
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug