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XL2000: Wrong Date Saved to Clipboard


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This article was previously published under Q215175

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Symptoms

When you copy a date from one workbook and paste it into another workbook, the century in the pasted value is incorrect.

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Cause

This problem occurs when the Short date style setting under Regional Settings in Control Panel is set to display two-digit years, or you have applied a two-digit date format to the cell, and you close the source workbook before pasting the date into another workbook.

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Workaround

To prevent this problem from occurring, verify the copied cell displays all four digits of the year, or leave the source workbook open until the paste operation has completed.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: KB215175, kbpending, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 215175
Revision : 3
Created on : 9/25/2003
Published on : 9/25/2003
Exists online : False
Views : 226