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  2. <html><head><title>19xx/20xx Years</title><meta name="filename" content="text/scalc/guide/year2000"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  14.    <p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="years" tag="kw68090_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="dates; 19xx/20xx" tag="kw68090_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="2000 years" tag="kw68090_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="year2000" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68090">19xx/20xx Years</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
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  16.    <p class="Paragraph">The year in the date details is often stated as two digits. Internally the year is managed by <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> as four digits, so that in the calculation of difference from 1/1/99 to 1/1/01 the result will correctly be two years.</p>
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  19.      <p style="">Under <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tools - Options - <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> - General</span> you can define up to which year a two-digit year "xx" should be displayed as "20xx".</p>
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  22.    <p class="Paragraph">This means that if you enter a date of 1/1/30 or higher, it will be treated internally as 1/1/1930 or higher. All lower years apply to the next century. So, for example, 1/1/20 is converted into 1/1/2020.</p>
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