There are several different versions of this software. To
determine which version you are using:
- start the application
- click on the help menu
- select the "About..." option
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Excel 98 -
this software is compliant.
It stores the date as the number of days since January 1, 1901 and
recognizes dates up to 12/31/9999. Excel displays dates according
to the system short date setting - setting the short date format to
use a four-digit year is recommended. Excel parses two-digit years
in user entries as being in the range 1930 to 2029. Consistent use
of four-digit years is highly recommended.
For more information consult Microsoft's
Y2K disclosure for Excel 98.
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Excel 5.0 -
this software is compliant with minor issues because it
may not handle two-digit years correctly in some situations.
This problem can be avoided by consistently using four-digit years.
Excel displays dates according to the system short date setting -
setting the short date format to use a four-digit year is
recommended. This version parses two-digit years in user entires
as being in the range 1920 to 2019.
For more information consult Microsoft's
Y2K disclosure for Excel 5.0.
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