Reply to post: Re: Y2K & Date Windowing - THIS IS NOT A BUG

Microsoft Outlook sends users back to 1930 with (very) mini-Millennium-Bug glitch

Doctor Syntax Silver badge

Re: Y2K & Date Windowing - THIS IS NOT A BUG

If the current year is meant then a day and month should be sufficient. If provision is made to enter a 2 digit year then the sensible default is to that closest to the current year which is what the user is most likely to expect.

Historical dates are a nightmare. E.g. the archivist classified something as "Early C14th" but looking at it I suspect it could be before another dated in the 1290s and none of the witnesses who are found in other, dated, documents are exclusively C14th.

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