DOCUMENT:Q183123 TITLE :Find Files Displays Garbled Date if Year is 2000 or Greater PRODUCT :Windows NT PROD/VER:4.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS NT KEYWORD :kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ========== Windows NT 4.0 -------------- To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT version 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack The English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been posted to the following Internet locations. http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/archive/NT4y2kpostSP3/default.asp ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/ hotfixes-postSP3/y2k2-fix/ STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. MORE INFORMATION ================ NOTE: Shell32.dll as shipped with Internet Explorer 4 Active Desktop is not replaced by this fix. For more information on Internet Explorer and Y2K issues, please see the following Microsoft web site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/topics/year2k/default.htm For more information on what is fixed in Y2K2-fix, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q175093 User Manager Does Not Recognize February 2000 As a Leap Year Q180122 After Changing the Time, Windows NT May Skip a Day Q183125 Shell Doc Property Dialog Custom Date Incorrect after Year 2000 Q184132 Err Msg: Value Entered Does Not Match with the Specified Type Q186669 FPNW Logout.exe Incorrectly Reports Year After Jan. 1, 2000 Q191768 Date of Print Job May Be Displayed Incorrectly in Print Queue Q193056 Problems in Date/Time after Choosing February 29 in a Leap Year Q193434 Migration Changes NetWare Accounts Expiration Date Q194726 FPNW Client Does Not Get Correct Time or Date After Y2K Q207799 IBM PS/1 will not Boot on or After January 1, 2000 Q216916 NTBACKUP Writes Incorrect Year to Log File Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition ---------------------------------------------- For information on the Y2K2-fix for Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q196548 Y2K Fixes for Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Additional query words: Windows NT Explorer y2k year 2000 4.00 ============================================================================ 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.