All versions of MS-DOS numbered 5.0 or higher have the same
level of Y2K compliance, and the same problems. You can
determine which version you have by typing ver
at a DOS prompt.
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MS-DOS recognizes and properly sorts dates beyond 1999, up to
December 31, 2099 (although Microsoft indicates that the
operational range of date data in DOS only goes to the year 2035).
the MS-DOS command dir displays dates using
the format mm-dd-yy, so the date January 3, 2000 would be
displayed as 01-03-00.
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The MS-DOS date function assumes that all
two-digit years occur in the 20 |
The program msbackup (provided with MS-DOS
versions 6.x only) does not display dates after 1999 correctly.
According to Microsoft, this is a problem with the user interface
only, and does not prevent the program from properly handling
backup sets.
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| More detailed information is available at: Microsoft's Y2K pages for MS-DOS 6.22 Microsoft's Y2K pages for MS-DOS 6.0 Microsoft's Y2K pages for MS-DOS 5.x |
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