Michael D. Hensley wrote:
>
> Sigh.  Not again.
>
> This has been circulating on every newsgroup and email list on the Internet.
> It's meaningless drivel (read it closely).  Microsoft has posted a response,
> and you can find more info at Kumite (http://www.kimite.com/myths) and all
> the usual Urban Legens web sites.
>
> Short, obvious answer: the instructions tell you how to change the date
> DISPLAY format from 2 digit to 4 digit.  Who cares?  This has absolutely no
> effect on the way Windows stores dates internally, or sorts or compares them.

Yes it does affect applications. Some still have random y2k Barfs. This
was demonstrated to me. in MS Outlook, trying to back the calendar from
a 2000 date rolls to 1900. This only occurs if setting is to two digit
year.