Microsoft KB Archive/316982

= Default French (Canada) Locale Settings for Long Date and Currency Do Not Match the Quebec Standard =

Article ID: 316982

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q316982



SYMPTOMS
The default format for negative currency for the French Canadian locale is 1,1$. The default format for negative currency should be 1,1 $ (note the blank space before the dollar sign $). The default format for a Long Date is d MMMM, yyyy. The default format for a Long Date should be d MMMM yyyy (note that the comma is removed, and the spacing remains the same). These default formats are not compliant with the Quebec government language standards.



Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Service Pack Information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

Hotfix Information
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date       Time   Size     File name

-  26-Mar-02  09:35  209,010  Locale.nls



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Windows 2000
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

Windows XP
This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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