Y2K: Where.exe Displays Incorrect Date After 1999 (253323)

The information in this article applies to:

MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-805-8
MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-808-2
MSPRESS Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 Resource Kit ISBN 0-7356-0577-7
MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-644-6

This article was previously published under Q253323

SYMPTOMS

When you run Where.exe, the date may be displayed incorrectly after December 31, 1999. For example: the year 2000 will display as 100.

Microsoft has released a fix for this problem at the following location:

x86 version: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/y2kfix/x86/where.exe

Steps to reproduce the problem:

Set the system date to 1/15/2000.
Create a file called C:\DIR1\DIR2\TEST.XYZ.
From the command line, run the following command: WHERE /RT . TEST.XYZ
Where.exe will return a message similar to the following: 324 1-15-100 2:22p C:\dir1\dir2\test.xyz

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	8/13/2001
Keywords:	kbprb KB253323