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MS-DOS

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MS-DOS recognizes dates beyond the year 2000. It does not display the full year, but will sort files in the order they were created (chronologically).

MS-DOS 6.22 (English)
MS-DOS 6.21 (English)
MS-DOS 6.2 (English)
MS-DOS 6.0 (English)
MS-DOS 5.x (English)

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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