I just got an email dated 01/01/04 and instead of being at the top of the list sorted by sent date, it was at the bottom. I checked the sort order to make sure I was seeing this but it was seeing the date as 1904, not 2004 and I just thought I’d let the Microsoft team know since I know they read this list. I checked the date in my date and time control panel as well to make sure it was nothing obvious on my end. If this is not a variant of the Y2K bug, let me know what preference I need to set. I would really appreciate that. I can forward the email if anyone would like to see if this is affecting them as well. I love Office 2001, and look forward to Office 10, but it would be nice if it saw 01/01/04 as 2004.
Thanks,
Howell Selburn
I suspect you have been bitten by the “dead battery” bug. This comes about when the lithium battery that keeps the date correct fails and needs to be replaced. Typically the battery fails after 5-7 years but it has been known to fail in newer Macs.
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Regards
Dénes
