Microsoft KB Archive/191599

= PPT97: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format =

Article ID: 191599

Article Last Modified on 4/21/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191599





SYMPTOMS
When you save your presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, PowerPoint saves the year portion of the date incorrectly using a three-digit format like this:

01/01/104

This behavior occurs if all of the following are true:
 * The system date is set to the year 2000 or greater.

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 * You inserted date fields in your presentation and chose to have them update automatically.

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 * The dates are formatted in any two-digit format (such as, 01/01/04).



CAUSE
The Pp7trans.dll file that PowerPoint uses to translate files to PowerPoint 4.0 format is not year 2000 compliant.



Method 1
To work around this behavior, use a date format that formats the year as four digits, such as "Saturday, January 1, 2000."

Method 2
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: off97 8.0 ppt ppt8 ppt7 powerpnt powerpnt8 powerpnt7 powerpoint 2000+ years 2M y2k y2000 compliance follow standard

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbformat kbconversion KB191599

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