Microsoft KB Archive/192156

= Y2K: NTMMTA Incorrectly Logs Dates after 1999 =

Article ID: 192156

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q192156



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Mail NTMMTA incorrectly logs dates after 1999 in the Sent.log and Recv.log files.

The following is an excerpt from the Session.log file before and after the date changed to 2000:   Cactus     31-12-99 23:52 From: BENSNET/TEAZLE Cactus    31-12-99 23:52 To: BENSNET/CACTUS Cactus    31-12-99 23:54 From: BENSNET/CACTUS Cactus    31-12-99 23:54 To: BENSNET/TEAZLE Cactus    01-01-100 00:01 From: BENSNET/TEAZLE Cactus    01-01-100 00:01 To: BENSNET/CACTUS Cactus    01-01-100 00:02 From: BENSNET/CACTUS Cactus    01-01-100 00:02 To: BENSNET/TEAZLE Cactus    02-01-100 00:01 Sending mail (1) Cactus    01-01-101 00:02 From: BENSNET/TEAZLE Cactus    01-01-101 00:02 To: BENSNET/CACTUS Cactus    02-01-101 00:01 Sending mail (1) Cactus    02-01-101 00:01 Press Y to exit, N to continue. Cactus    02-01-101 00:01 Shutting down ... The date format in the Session.log is mm/dd/yy. The date should to change from xx/xx/99 to xx/xx/00. Instead, the date changes to xx/xx/100 for the year 2000 and xx/xx/101 for the year 2001.

A similar set of entries exist for the Sent.log and Recv.log files:   31-12-99 23:52       772  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin 01-01-10 00:01      784  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin 02-01-10 00:01      784  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin 14-01-10 23:57      787  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin 15-01-10 00:01      787  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin 31-12-10 23:56      790  BENSNET/TEAZLE/Admin     BENSNET/CACTUS/Admin However, the date changes from xx/xx/99 to xx/xx/10, instead of to xx/xx/00.

For the year 2001, the year still remains as 10 and does not change until the year 2010 when the year becomes 11.



CAUSE
The code working out the date format for the Sent.log and Recv.log files was incorrect.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the following fix.

This fix should have the following time stamp:   Async.ovl      4/15/99    2:04AM  277,040 bytes (version 3.5.34) External.exe  4/15/99    2:19AM   54,608 bytes (version 3.5.34) X25eicon.ovl  4/15/99    2:15AM  274,880 bytes (version 3.5.34) This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location as Exty2k.exe:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/mail/pcmail-public/All-Y2K/



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Mail for PC Networks version 3.5. A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services for more information.

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