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ACC2000: Synchronization Fails When System Date Is Greater Than 2038

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This article was previously published under Q203627
This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

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Symptoms

When you set the system date on your computer to a year greater than or equal to 2038, you may receive the following error message:
Synchronization between replica <file> and replica <file> failed.

The Microsoft Jet database engine could not read the system clock on your computer.
The synchronization then fails without any data being exchanged.

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Cause

Microsoft Jet Replication calls a Time() function to record events during synchronization. This function uses a fixed range of year values. The upper limit of this range is 2038. Dates greater than or equal to 2038 cause the error described in the "Symptoms" section.

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Resolution

If you use replication in Microsoft Access, make sure that the system clock is set to a date earlier than the year 2038 to avoid this error.

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More information

Setting the system date to a year greater than or equal to 2038 ordinarily does not affect the functionality of Microsoft Access, which can store and work with date values up to December 31, 9999. This error occurs only when the Microsoft Jet database engine records synchronization events.

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Keywords: KB203627, kbprb

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Article Info
Article ID : 203627
Revision : 2
Created on : 7/15/2004
Published on : 7/15/2004
Exists online : False
Views : 294