Sorry, Dave.
I should have read your post more carefully. I guess I had the problem
too, but I don't anymore... could this be a soup corruption issue? I ran
SBM Utilities after I noticed this (I install and uninstall way too many
applications...) and it seemed to go away.
Thanks,
Jim.
DrNewton wrote:
>
> In NewtonTalk 251, Jim Johnson wrote :
>
> I had a similar experience with my UMP2K last week while updating some
> birthdays/anniversaries. It only happened to me while only using a two digit
> year. Say, 3/16/68 instead of 3/16/1968. The date set up in Names as
> 3/16/2068.
> I don't know if I'd call this a 'bug', since how is the computer supposed to
> know which century you want the date in unless you tell it? Once I used a
> four digit year, everything set up nicely as expected.
> Cheers,
> Jim.
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I WAS setting a 4 digit year. It just wasn't "sticking" !
> I WAS telling it the century the Event occurred.
> That is why I wrote :
> > 8. I then examined one of the Names I had entered and the Birthday Year
> > entry was not as I had set it ( 19XX ). It didn't stick ! It was 20XX !
> > Whoa !
>
> This IS a "Y2K Bug" !
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