Microsoft KB Archive/142959

= FIX: YMD Date Format Causes Improper History Selection =

Article ID: 142959

Article Last Modified on 12/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q142959



SYMPTOMS
Dates entered in the History Options dialog using a range of 2000-2039 are interpreted with the same day and month in the range of 1900-1939.



RESOLUTION
To correct the problem, install the VSS 5.0 Y2K Update from here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/000/243/msdncompositedoc.xml



STATUS
This bug has been fixed in the Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Year 2000 update.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) From the Window system Control Panel, set the short date format to "YY/MM/DD."


 * 1) From the Visual SourceSafe Explorer, select a project and either choose Show History on the Tools menu, or right-click a project and select Show History.
 * 2) From the Project History Options dialog box, enter a range of dates in the YY/MM/DD format that span into or are beyond the year 2000. No items will appear in the list. Note that if no dates are entered, the entire history list appears.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbssafe500fix KB142959

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