Re: Change Century Interpretation - XP home - Access 2000

From: Randy Scarborough (void_at_ibm.net)
Date: 11/12/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:53:29 -0800

On my system, > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Customize >
Date shows 1930 greyed out, but lets me change the other date--2929, the
ending date. Push it it upwards, and 1930 changes to the corresponding
value.
I pushed it to 2069, and the starting year became 1970.

"Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
news:OWQHm7w5FHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Customize > Date (on my
> system) shows that the from date cannot be changed from 1930 to anything
> later so my guess is you're stuck.
>
> "Wordstar" <Wordstar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2234C93D-5993-4A5E-AD98-4B47385A45EF@microsoft.com...
>> By default, all 2-digit year entries less than 30 (or about that) are
>> converted to 20th century (eg "30" --> "1930", ""25" --> "2025")
>>
>> Would like to make cutoff around 1970-2069.
>>
>> After much research, still unable to find method for changing this
>> characteristic.
>> Docs suggest using "group policy" which I have been unable to locate on
>> my
>> system, which is, BTW, personal & standalone and I am only user and
>> administrator.
>>
>> This may be an Office issue rather than an XP issue. If so, I apologize.
>>
>> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>>
>> Leonard
>>
>
>

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