-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Gilman <nospam@qlx.com>
Newsgroups: alt.windows95,alt.windows98,comp.soft-sys.sas,microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Date: March 30, 1999 11:47 AM
Subject: Windows 95/98 date bug

>A couple of months ago I announced the following  Windows95/98 date bug.
>As it is something that would only occurs at the end of certain months, I
>am posting it again.
>
>If the current system date is set to any date between 29 and 31 inclusive
>and a user goes to Control Panel|Date/Time Properties, scrolls
>through any month which has an ending date less than the current date,
>and then clicks "Cancel" - note I said "Cancel" - Windows automatically
>sets the Date back to the earliest date number it saw.
>
>For example if the current date is March 30 or 31, 1999 and the user goes
>to Date/Time properties, changes the month to February 2000 and clicks
>"Cancel," the system date changes to March 29, 1999.
>
>The likelihood that this will happen often over the next while is great
>since people are checking out February 2000 on their computers to see if
>their version of Windows has 29 days for that month. They then cancel
>thinking they haven't changed anything. This can cause all sorts of
>things on their systems to go wrong after.
>