Microsoft KB Archive/260942

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Incorrect Short Date Format in Control Panel with Czech Regional Options Selected

Article ID: 260942

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition



This article was previously published under Q260942

SYMPTOMS

In Czech Windows 2000 and U.S. Windows 2000 with the Czech regional option selected, there is an extra space in the default short date format. The date format is

DD.MM. YYYY


instead of:

DD.MM.YYYY


Programs that require field-specific date data may have problems processing the extra space.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack




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 2000 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes



Additional query words: format spaces foriegn

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000sp1fix KB260942