Microsoft KB Archive/182967

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Windows 95 Year 2000 Problems with DATE and DIR Commands

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Q182967

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
You may experience either of the following symptoms:


 * The DIR command displays file dates using only two digits to represent the year, instead of four digits.
 * When you use the DATE command to set the current date and you type the year as only two digits from 00 through 79, the DATE command displays the error message "Incorrect date format."

RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, type the year using four digits when you set the date to 1/1/2000 or later using the DATE command.

To resolve this issue, obtain and install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update. Microsoft also recommends that you obtain and install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update. For additional information about these updates, please see the "References" section in this article. You can obtain these updates from the following Microsoft Web site:

"http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads"

MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q225050 Availability of the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update" Additional query words: y2k

Keywords : kbfile kbYear2000 osr1 osr2 win95

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95