My 286 laptop that I still use for a dedicated function came up Jan 1,
1904.  Dos Date command worked, and it's still running.

Charles R

James Bond 007 wrote:

> Cecile Chi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >All I had to do with my 486 running Windows 3.1 was to go to DOS,
> >type DATE and enter the Jan. 1, 2000 date, and now when I power off
> >and reboot it keeps the current date correct.  Much simpler than buying
> >or downloading some program and running it to fix a once-in-a-lifetime
> >little bug.
> >
> >Cecile Chi
>
>         My 1994 PC came up as "January 1, 2094" this New Year's,
>         so I tried to change the DOS date, exactly as you did,
>         and it worked for as long as I stayed on the computer,
>         but when I turned it off and rebooted the next day,
>         it indicated "1994"!!!
>
>         Don't be surprised if the date on your pC screws up
>         again in 2001!
>
>         I bought an easy-to-use, $5.00 program that automatically
>         sets the correct year every time you reboot.
>
>         Check it out at:
>
>                 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Villa/1855/Y2K/y2k.htm