Re: Unnoticed WIN/NT Y2K bug

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

Thanks, Rick!
My post was forwarded to me as quoting some anonymous "guru". (???)

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: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Unnoticed WIN/NT Y2K bug


> 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