Microsoft KB Archive/223553

= OL2000: Error In Calendar Function "Go To Date" =

Article ID: 223553

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q223553



SYMPTOMS
If you use the "Go To Date" function of the Calendar to navigate to a date beyond the 12th of the month, you may receive the following error message:

You must specify a valid date. Check your entries in this dialog box to make sure they represent a valid date.



CAUSE
This problem occurs only for certain Date styles in Windows Regional Settings, where the short and long date styles have different Y/M/D orders. For example, the problem occurs if

Short date = MM-dd-yy

Long date = dd MMMM, yyyy

or if

Short date = YY-MM-dd

Long date = dd-MMMM-yyyy



RESOLUTION
This problem does not occur if you set your Windows Regional Settings, Date styles to the following:

Short date = dd-MM-yy

Long date = MMMM dd yyyy

or

Short date = YY-MM-dd

Long date = MMMM dd yyyy

To Change the Date Styles

 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Regional Settings.
 * 3) Click the Date tab, and from the Short date style and Long date style lists, click to select the desired date styles.
 * 4) Click OK to save your changes.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB223553

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