Microsoft KB Archive/325038

= Calendar Type May Change to Japanese Emperor Era When Outlook Runs =

Article ID: 325038

Article Last Modified on 5/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q325038



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Japanese version of Microsoft Outlook, the calendar type may change to the Japanese Emperor Era type.



CAUSE
Outlook uses the GetLocaleInfo and SetLocaleInfo functions to calculate using Japanese Emperor Era in the calendar. However, because of a timing problem with the functions, Outlook cannot revert to the original calendar type correctly.



RESOLUTION
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

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

  Date         Time   Version      Size     File name --  01-Aug-2002  11:44  5.1.2600.51   44,544  Basesrv.dll 01-Aug-2002 11:44  5.1.2600.51  898,048  Kernel32.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kboswin2000fix kbwinxpsp1fix KB325038

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