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Error Message: The End Date Occurs Before the Start Date Date

Article ID: 196804

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q196804

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to define Calendar working hours that span midnight in Microsoft Outlook, you will receive the following error message:

The end date you entered occurs before the start date.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Outlook does not allow you to define a calendar work day that spans midnight.

WORKAROUND

There is no workaround for this behavior.

Additional query words: third shift OL2000 OL2002 OL2003

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