Normally when you specify a month and a day in Excel but omit the year,
the current year is assumed. I have a peculiar problem with one of our
computers defaulting to the year 2001, five years ago. For example, I
type "June 1" and Excel stores "01/06/2001" instead of the expected
"01/06/2006".
Note that both computers have the correct system date and are set to
interpret 2-digit years as being between 1930 and 2029. Both computers
are running Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft
Office 2000.
I know the simple answer would be to type out the year in full but I am
curious as to why this would be happening. A quick search on the
internet shows that Excel's expected behaviour when a month and a
number are typed, is to store the month, day and current year (if the
number is 31 or lower). Has anyone else experienced this?
This file was created and is saved on a desktop computer (which
interprets the year correctly) and is being accessed by a laptop (which
interprets the wrong year) over a network.
Thanks,
Shannon
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