MS-DOS 6.22
Recommendation: To work around two-digit shortcut issues, enter four digits for years. There are no updates for MS-DOS 6.22 planned at this time.
Date handling: If a two-digit shortcut is entered for the year, the date is interpreted to be in the 1900s.
MS-DOS cannot display a four-digit year date, using the DIR command.
Four-digit year dates must be entered in the DATE command for the year 2000 and beyond.
Four-digit year dates must be entered for the year 2000 and beyond in External commands with switches that use a date parameter.
MSBACKUP does not recognize dates greater than 1999. Files are properly restored, backed-up and compared, but the file date is not displayed correctly.
For more information: See the MS-DOS 6.22 Product Guide document. |
MS-DOS 6.21
Recommendation: To work around two-digit shortcut issues, enter four digits for years. There are no updates for MS-DOS 6.21 planned at this time.
Date handling: If a two-digit shortcut is entered for the year, the date is interpreted to be in the 1900s.
MS-DOS cannot display a four-digit year date, using the DIR command.
Four-digityear dates must be entered in the DATE command for the year 2000 and beyond.
Four-digit year dates must be entered for the year 2000 and beyond in External commands with switches that use a date parameter.
MSBACKUP does not recognize dates greater than 1999. Files are properly restored, backed-up and compared, but the file date is not displayed correctly.
For more information: See the MS-DOS 6.21 Product Guide document. |
MS-DOS 6.2
Recommendation: To work around two-digit shortcut issues, enter four digits for years. There are no updates for MS-DOS 6.2 planned at this time.
Date handling: If a two-digit shortcut is entered for the year, the date is interpreted to be in the 1900s.
MS-DOS cannot display a four-digit year date, using the DIR command.
Four-digit year dates must be entered in the DATE command for the year 2000 and beyond.
Four-digit year dates must be entered for the year 2000 and beyond in External commands with switches that use a date parameter.
MSBACKUP does not recognize dates greater than 1999. Files are properly restored, backed-up and compared, but the filed date is not displayed correctly.
For more information: See the MS-DOS 6.2 Product Guide document. |
MS-DOS 6.0
Recommendation: To work around two-digit shortcut issues, enter four digits for years. There are no updates for MS-DOS 6.0 planned at this time.
Date handling: If a two-digit shortcut is entered for the year, the date is interpreted to be in the 1900s.
MS-DOS cannot display a four-digit year date, using the DIR command .
Four-digit year dates must be entered in the DATE command for the year 2000 and beyond.
Four-digit year dates must be entered for the year 2000 and beyond in External commands with switches that use a date parameter.
MSBACKUP does not recognize dates greater than 1999. Files are properly restored, backed-up and compared, but the file date is not displayed correctly.
For more information: See the MS-DOS 6.0 Product Guide document. |
MS-DOS 5.x
Recommendation: To work around two-digit shortcut issues, enter four digits for years. There are no updates for MS-DOS 5.x planned at this time.
Date handling: If a two-digit shortcut is entered for the year, the date is interpreted to be in the 1900s.
MS-DOS cannot display a four-digit year date, using the DIR command.
Four-digit year dates must be entered in the DATE command for the year 2000 and beyond.
Four-digit year dates must be entered for the year 2000 and beyond in External commands with switches that use a date parameter.
For more information: See the MS-DOS 5.x Product Guide document. |
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