26. Why do you recommend
changing the default for the Short Date in the Windows Regional
Settings to a format that has a 4-digit year (YYYY)?
We recommend changing the Short Date
format in Regional Settings (Windows Control
Panel) to a four-digit year so that a "Short Format" year displayed
by Windows is fully distinguished in terms of its century.
The formats that are specified in the Windows Regional
Settings influence many software programs. Making a change in
Regional Settings will help these programs to display four-digit
years, thereby minimizing confusion about what century is intended
for the dates that are used. For example, the formats in Windows
Regional Settings for Short Date and Long Date are adopted by Excel
95 and 98, affecting the default way that Excel displays dates that
are in Excel spreadsheets.
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