Y2K Error in Windows Software

[Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com]

> Where it says, "Short Date  Sample", look and see if it shows a
> "two digit" year. Of course it does.  That's the default setting for
> Windows  95, Windows 98 and NT. This date RIGHT HERE is the  date
> that feeds application software and  WILL NOT rollover in the year
> 2000. It  will roll over to 00.
>
> Click  on the button across from "Short Date Style" and  select the
> option
> that shows,  mm/dd/yyyy. (Be sure your selection has four Y's
> showing,not
> two) Then click on  "Apply" and then click on "OK" at
> the bottom.
>
> Easy enough to fix. However, every single installation  of Windows
> worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover.
> Please feel free to pass this on to your friends and  associates.

How something is displayed and how something is stored are
two different things.  All you are controlling here is how
something is *displayed*.  I'm no fan of Microsoft, but
I give them enough credit to be *storing* the system date
in a Y2K compliant form.  After all, if they weren't storing
it correctly, how could they change to the right year when
you changed the style to yyyy?

Now, what I want to know is my HRM receiver Y2K compliant!

;-)

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com
Massachusetts, USA



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