Re: To Do dates stuck in 1970?

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All,
I received the answer copied below from Mu Zhang of Microsoft, and this
fixed the '1970' problem for me:

"The 1970 issue is related to your date format settings. Entourage2008
doesn¹t support non standard format well. You may want to change to the
standard format such as ³United States² or ³United States (computer )² or
³Japanese² that comes with the OS if you don¹t mind. I tried changing the
short form from 080105 to 08/01/05 and Entourage works well with it."

In essence, don't try to customise the date format in the International
System Prefences pane. (I had a combination of Japan and US settings.)

Rgds, John


in article C3DBA0E0.9DBE%john.dickison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, John Dickison at
john.dickison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 08/02/15 20:04:

Mu,

I tried to send you a screenshot of what happens, but it bounced back. Can
you give me an address to send it to you? My OS language is English, though
I also frequently input in Japanese, and my International preferences are
set up as per another screenshot I can send you.

While we're at this, please note that my Event Time Zone keeps showing up as
Eastern US, even though I'm in Japan and have my computer time zone set up
to Japan Time (and have the Japan time zone checked under the Event menu).

Would greatly appreciate any help you can give.

Tks & rgds,
John


in article C3D8EBC6.14396%muzhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mu Zhang[MSFT] at
muzhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 080214 11:47:

Please let me know your OS language and format setting (system preference ->
International).
Also it would be great if someone could post a screenshot.

Thanks
Mu


On 2/11/08 3:22 AM, in article
C3D65F0E.99E6%john.dickison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dickison"
<john.dickison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

in article ee8c293.8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Krista Harris at wrote on
080210 22:57:

I'm having same problem. Any new calendar item entered reverts to date
entered
in 1970, regardless of how I try to edit the field, select Today, etc. Any
existing calendar item that I edit reverts to 1970. Very troubling...
Has anyone found a solution elsewhere yet?

Krista,
Per my earlier message, the following procedure may serve as a workaround
until we find out what is causing this problem:

"Temporary workaround - drag in Calendar space to make new event then
enter name and location for it in the graphic (ie. don't open the
dialog box)."





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