WD2000: "A valid date or time is required" with Year 1900 for Form Field

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you try to set the default date of a text form field or to enter a valid date containing the year 1900 in a text form field whose type is set to Date, the following error message appears:

A valid date or time is required.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, set the form field Type to Regular text instead of Date.

1. If the document is protected for forms, on the Tools menu, click Unprotect Document.



2. Double-click the form field to view the Text Form Field Options dialog box.



3. From the Type drop-down list box, click to select Regular text.

STATUS

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

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999