PPT97: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
SYMPTOMS
When you save your presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, PowerPoint saves
the year portion of the date incorrectly using a three-digit format like
this:
01/01/104
This behavior occurs if all of the following are true:
- The system date is set to the year 2000 or greater.
-and-
- You inserted date fields in your presentation and chose to have
them update automatically.
-and-
- The dates are formatted in any two-digit format (such as, 01/01/04).
CAUSE
The Pp7trans.dll file that PowerPoint uses to translate files to PowerPoint
4.0 format is not year 2000 compliant.
RESOLUTION
Method 1
To work around this behavior, use a date format that formats the year as
four digits, such as "Saturday, January 1, 2000."
Method 2
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Service Release
2 (SR-2).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: off97 8.0 ppt ppt8 ppt7 powerpnt powerpnt8
powerpnt7
powerpoint 2000+ years 2M y2k y2000 compliance follow standard
Keywords : kbconversion kb2000 kbformat kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix