Re: Unnoticed WIN/NT Y2K bug

[Richard Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

The following is off the Microsoft Web site:

Note: Setting the 4 digit year display in Control Panel/Regional Settings is
not necessary for year 2000 compliance. Changing this setting affects only
the way dates are displayed. Although a 2 digit year display is the default
Windows setting, all dates are handled internally using 4 digit years.

System Requirements
Windows 95 or Windows 98

Rick


----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Unnoticed WIN/NT Y2K bug


> The WIN98 which came on my laptop is as Rick's Win98SE below (I still
> changed it to specify a 4 letter year).
> The WIN 95 on my desk-top has all MS issued updates and is as the original
> post described : 2 letter year (the default) and no setting for
> interpreting years after 2000 ( I changed this as recommended).
>
> Bob
>
> Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
> Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
> trebor@velocity.net
> http://www.velocity.net/~trebor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>
> To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
> Sent: October 20, 1999 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Unnoticed WIN/NT Y2K bug
>
>
> > I just looked at this.  In my Control Panel|Regional Settings|Date
> window
> > there is a setting ABOVE the one indicated below which states that a two
> > digit year will be interpreted as a year between 1930 and (adjustable)
> 2029.
> > I've loaded Win98 SE, so I don't know if this is the case in regular
> Win98.
> > Win95 seems to have the problem stated below although I don't know that
> some
> > of the Y2K updates issued by M$ haven't fixed this internally.
> >
> > Rick