DOCUMENT:Q183123 TITLE :Find Files Displays Garbled Date if Year is 2000 or Greater PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER:4.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORD :kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 kb2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you use the Windows NT Find Files or Folders feature, the two digit abbreviation of the year does not appear correctly. For example, if the year is set to 2001, when you click the Date Modified tab on the Find: All Files dialog box, the two digit abbreviation of the year appears as :1, rather than 01. CAUSE ===== This problem occurs when the system date is set to 2000 or greater in the Date/Time utility in Control Panel. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, obtain the following fix or wait for the next Windows NT service pack. This fix should have the following time stamp: 03/18/98 03:55p 1,277,712 Shell32.dll (Intel) 03/18/98 03:57p 1,866,000 Shell32.dll (Alpha) This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/ hotfixes-postSP3/y2k-fix/ NOTE: The above link is one path; it has been wrapped for readability. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information. MORE INFORMATION ================ For more information on what is fixed in Y2K-fix, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: Q175093 TITLE : User Manager Does Not Recognize February 2000 As a Leap Year ARTICLE-ID: Q180122 TITLE : After Changing the Time, Windows NT May Skip a Day ARTICLE-ID: Q183125 TITLE : Custom Dates in Office Display Date Incorrectly After 2000 Additional query words: 4.00 Windows NT Explorer y2k year 2000 ============================================================================ THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.