Date changing 2028....2029......1930???????

Hello!

I have a slight problem, in my form i have a date section which is automated
as 00/00/00. I use these for part of a report as a from this date to this
date, if you put 010125 it will automatically change it to 01/01/2025. The
thing I have found is that it is fine until you get to 010130 and then it
saves it as 01/01/1930 :-/ any ideas?

Thank You
Jay

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Assuming you're using XP, go to Regional Settings in the Control Panel, and
click on the Customize button. Look on the date tab, and you'll see what
Windows is using as its instructions for interpretting 2 digit years. (It's
there for other versions of Windows as well, but I can't guarantee that the
instructions for finding it are identical)

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"evilcowstare via AccessMonster.com" u31650@uwe wrote in message
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Hello!

I have a slight problem, in my form i have a date section which is
automated
as 00/00/00. I use these for part of a report as a from this date to this
date, if you put 010125 it will automatically change it to 01/01/2025. The
thing I have found is that it is fine until you get to 010130 and then it
saves it as 01/01/1930 :-/ any ideas?

Thank You
Jay

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evilcowstare via AccessMonster.com wrote:
Hello!

I have a slight problem, in my form i have a date section which is
automated as 00/00/00. I use these for part of a report as a from
this date to this date, if you put 010125 it will automatically
change it to 01/01/2025. The thing I have found is that it is fine
until you get to 010130 and then it saves it as 01/01/1930 :-/
any ideas?

Thank You
Jay

That is the curse of using two digit years (remember Y2K?). In your Windows
Control Panel Regional settings there is a setting that determines what 2
digit value represents the cross-over value for assuming "19" as the first
two digits versus "20". You can teak that if your app will never be used on
any other PC. Otherwise the *correct* thing to do is to use a four digit
year.

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Change the Input mask of the date field, so the user will have to input 4
digits in the date field, that will solve you the problem


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"evilcowstare via AccessMonster.com" wrote:

Hello!

I have a slight problem, in my form i have a date section which is automated
as 00/00/00. I use these for part of a report as a from this date to this
date, if you put 010125 it will automatically change it to 01/01/2025. The
thing I have found is that it is fine until you get to 010130 and then it
saves it as 01/01/1930 :-/ any ideas?

Thank You
Jay

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Thanks everyone, guess i should make them 4 digit then lol.

Oh well, stupid pcs lol

Thanks Again to you all
Jay

Ofer Cohen wrote:
Change the Input mask of the date field, so the user will have to input 4
digits in the date field, that will solve you the problem

Hello!

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Thank You
Jay

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:16:18 GMT, "evilcowstare via AccessMonster.com"
u31650@uwe wrote:

Thanks everyone, guess i should make them 4 digit then lol.

Oh well, stupid pcs lol


ummm...

Don't blame the PC.

My late friend Anita was born in '97. So was one of her great-granddaughters.

What century is 8/1/28 in? That depends on the context; if it's somebody's
birthdate then presumably it's the 20th century; if it's the maturity date of
a thirty-year bond it's probably in the 21st. But without knowing what the
user intends it is ambiguous. The "stupid" PC must make some sort of
reasonable guess, or should simply disallow the two-digit shortcut.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

Then you would have thought it would just stick to one and not change after
29 yrs
I still think it is stupid :-) lol

John W. Vinson wrote:
Thanks everyone, guess i should make them 4 digit then lol.

Oh well, stupid pcs lol

ummm...

Don't blame the PC.

My late friend Anita was born in '97. So was one of her great-granddaughters.

What century is 8/1/28 in? That depends on the context; if it's somebody's
birthdate then presumably it's the 20th century; if it's the maturity date of
a thirty-year bond it's probably in the 21st. But without knowing what the
user intends it is ambiguous. The "stupid" PC must make some sort of
reasonable guess, or should simply disallow the two-digit shortcut.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

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"Douglas J. Steele" wrote in
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Assuming you're using XP, go to Regional Settings in the Control
Panel, and click on the Customize button. Look on the date tab,
and you'll see what Windows is using as its instructions for
interpretting 2 digit years. (It's there for other versions of
Windows as well, but I can't guarantee that the instructions for
finding it are identical)

You can't really give instructions for WinXP any more for using
Control Panel, because they introduced the ridiculously useless
category view.

In Win2K, you just open the Regional Settings tool and go to the
Date tab. That's much simpler than your instructions. What, exactly,
did MS think they were improving by making it more complicated in
WinXP?

(this is exactly why I've always rejected WinXP -- it adds
complexity where none is needed, and tries to bleed it away (e.g.,
security) where it is essential)

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David W. Fenton wrote:
"Douglas J. Steele" wrote in
:

Assuming you're using XP, go to Regional Settings in the Control
Panel, and click on the Customize button. Look on the date tab,
and you'll see what Windows is using as its instructions for
interpretting 2 digit years. (It's there for other versions of
Windows as well, but I can't guarantee that the instructions for
finding it are identical)

You can't really give instructions for WinXP any more for using
Control Panel, because they introduced the ridiculously useless
category view.

In Win2K, you just open the Regional Settings tool and go to the
Date tab. That's much simpler than your instructions. What, exactly,
did MS think they were improving by making it more complicated in
WinXP?

(this is exactly why I've always rejected WinXP -- it adds
complexity where none is needed, and tries to bleed it away (e.g.,
security) where it is essential)

First thing I do on every XP box is switch Control Panel to "Classic View".
Or are you referring to something else?

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Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:17:20 GMT, "evilcowstare via AccessMonster.com"
u31650@uwe wrote:

Then you would have thought it would just stick to one and not change after
29 yrs
I still think it is stupid :-) lol

Think about it.

Do you want 06 to refer to 2006? Sure. That's last year.

Is it ok, then, to have 99 refer to 2099? Probably not; 1999 was only eight
years ago.

If you DO want all two-digit years to refer to 21st century dates, go for it:
follow the instructions elsewhere in the thread.

John W. Vinson [MVP]