Q218941: Four-Digit Year Format for Short Date Style Regional Setting

Article: Q218941
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbYear2000
Last Modified: 13-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you configure your computer's Input Locales setting, the Short date style:
box on the Regional Settings Date tab may not include an entry with a four-digit
year date format.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click
  Regional Settings.

2. Click the Date tab.

3. Point to the Short date style: box and type a four-digit year format (such as
  "MM/dd/yyyy" (without the quotation marks) or "dd/MM/yyyy" (without the
  quotation marks), and then click OK.

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


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kbYear2000 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW400sp3 kbWinNTW400sp2 kbWinNTW400sp1 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400 kbWinNTS400sp3 kbWinNTS400sp2 kbWinNTS400sp1 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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