Microsoft KB Archive/249172

= Query98: Error Message: "Invalid Date Escape..." Performing Query with a Date =

Article ID: 249172

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Query 2000

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This article was previously published under Q249172





SYMPTOMS
When you enter a date in the Criteria pane of your query, an error message similar to the following appears:

Invalid date escape. Correct syntax is {d 'yyyy-mm-dd'}.

NOTE: This error may vary, depending on the driver you are using.



CAUSE
This issue occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * You enter a date value that does not include the year.

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 * The current date setting on your computer is later than December 31, 1999.



WORKAROUND
To work around the issue, always specify the year portion of the date when your system clock is set to a date later than December 31, 1999.



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

Additional query words: XL2000 y2k

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB249172

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