Date format keeps changing "Vayse" <vayse[ at ]deadspam.com> 15.09.2006 09:31:12 Hi I have a user where the date format on her documents keeps changing. Her Regional Options are set to Ireland, with short Date Format dd/mm/yy and long date format of dd/mm/yyyy. In a Word doc, if she goes to a footer, and clicks the Insert Date button, the format will be incorrect. Mostly! Sometimes its dd/mm/yy, which is fine, but often mm/dd/yy I've used the PC myself, and seen the same problem. For example, I went to the footer, and clicked Autotext - Authoer, Page #, Date The date format was mm/dd/yy. Next I clicked 'Insert Date', and the format was correct at dd/mm/yy! So date formats in the one footer. This happens in new and edited documents. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks Vayse

Re: Date format keeps changing Cindy M. <C.Meister-C[ at ]hispeed.ch> 15.09.2006 13:24:38 Hi Vayse, First thing to check is the language of the text where the date is being inserted. Go to Tools/Language/Set language and see which language is selected? [Quoted Text] > I have a user where the date format on her documents keeps changing. Her > Regional Options are set to Ireland, with short Date Format dd/mm/yy and > long date format of dd/mm/yyyy. > In a Word doc, if she goes to a footer, and clicks the Insert Date button, > the format will be incorrect. Mostly! > Sometimes its dd/mm/yy, which is fine, but often mm/dd/yy > > I've used the PC myself, and seen the same problem. For example, I went to > the footer, and clicked Autotext - Authoer, Page #, Date > The date format was mm/dd/yy. Next I clicked 'Insert Date', and the format > was correct at dd/mm/yy! So date formats in the one footer. > This happens in new and edited documents. > Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Re: Date format keeps changing "Vayse" <vayse[ at ]deadspam.com> 18.09.2006 08:26:15 Both English USA and English Ireland were in the top 'box'. I set the default to English Ireland, and that seems to have fixed it. Thanks! Vayse "Cindy M." <C.Meister-C[ at ]hispeed.ch> wrote in message news:VA.00000381.0155fcf3[ at ]speedy... [Quoted Text] > Hi Vayse, > > First thing to check is the language of the text where the date is being > inserted. Go to Tools/Language/Set language and see which language is > selected? > >> I have a user where the date format on her documents keeps changing. Her >> Regional Options are set to Ireland, with short Date Format dd/mm/yy and >> long date format of dd/mm/yyyy. >> In a Word doc, if she goes to a footer, and clicks the Insert Date >> button, >> the format will be incorrect. Mostly! >> Sometimes its dd/mm/yy, which is fine, but often mm/dd/yy >> >> I've used the PC myself, and seen the same problem. For example, I went >> to >> the footer, and clicked Autotext - Authoer, Page #, Date >> The date format was mm/dd/yy. Next I clicked 'Insert Date', and the >> format >> was correct at dd/mm/yy! So date formats in the one footer. >> This happens in new and edited documents. >> > > Cindy Meister > INTER-Solutions, Switzerland > http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) > http://www.word.mvps.org > > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or > reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) >