Microsoft KB Archive/249033

= Programmatically Exporting Text File Truncates Dates =

Article ID: 249033

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q249033





SYMPTOMS
When you programmatically save the contents of your Microsoft Excel worksheet, some dates that are stored with a four-digit year are truncated to two-digit years.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:  You use the SaveAs method to save the contents of your Excel worksheet.

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 You specify one of the following parameters for the FileFormat argument of the SaveAs method:

 xlCSV xlCSVMac xlCSVMSDOS xlCSVWindows</li> xlDIF</li> xlTextMac</li> xlTextMSDOS</li> xlTextPrinter</li> xlTextWindows</li> xlText</li></ul>

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</li> The Short date style setting under Regional Settings in Control Panel is set to a format displaying four-digit years.</li></ul>

By design, Excel uses the default Short date style setting (m/d/yy) for the U.S. English version of Windows to determine the format for exporting your worksheet to one of the file formats listed above. This maintains consistent, predictable automation results, regardless of locale settings.

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MORE INFORMATION
Cells that contain custom formatting are not affected by this behavior.

Additional query words: XL7 y2k XL95 XL7

Keywords: kbdtacode kbprb KB249033

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