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PPT97: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format

Article ID: 191599

Article Last Modified on 4/21/2003

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This article was previously published under Q191599

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: kbbug kbfix kbformat kbconversion KB191599


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