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Subject: Re: Off-topic (Y2K Issue - mm/dd/yyyy)

Author:
John

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Date Posted: 03:34:17 08/05/99 Thu
In reply to: John 's message, "Off-topic (Y2K Issue - mm/dd/yyyy)" on 10:23:40 08/04/99 Wed

Someone on comp.sys.laptops wrote:

The way the computer displays the date on the monitor has
>nothing to do with how it keeps track of it internally. The settings you
>mention only control the display, they have nothing to do with how the date
>is reported to software. There's nothing wrong with displaying 1/1/2000 as
>1/1/00 as long as the operating system knows it's 2000 instead of 1900.

If she/he is correct, then I've waisted everyone's time by passing on what I
thought was a geniune issue. How embarrassing ...

Sorry ... John ;(

> Subject: Y2K Issue (mm/dd/yyyy)
>
> If you are running Windows 95/98 or NT, this is a fix
> for a small
> Y2K problem.
>
> After running this quick little test, much to my
> surprise, I learned
> that my computer would have failed on 01-01-2000, due
> to a computer
> clock glitch. Fortunately, a quick fix is provided,
> should your computer
> fail the test. Double click on "My Computer." Double
> click on "Control
> Panel" Double click on "Regional Settings" icon. Click
> on the "Date"
> tab at the top of the page. 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 Windows95, Windows98 and NT. This
> date setting
> is the date that feeds application software and WILL
> NOT roll over in
> the year 2000. It will roll over to 00.
>
> FIX: Click on the arrow button across from "Short
> Date Style'" and
> select the option that shows mm/dd/yyyy. (Be sure
> your selection
> has 4 "y" showing, not two.)
> IMPORTANT: Click on "Apply" and then on 'OK' at the
> bottom.
>
> It is easy enough to fix, yet every single
> installation of Windows
> worldwide is defaulted to fail the Y2K rollover. Now
> you know how to
> prepare your computer. How many people know about it?
> How many
> people know to change that? What will be the effect?
> Who knows?
> But this is another example of the pervasiveness and
> systematic
> nature of the Y2K problem.

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