PPT97: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format

ID: Q191599

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

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.

RESOLUTION

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          : kbconversion kb2000 kbformat kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: November 22, 1998