Enter date as 12/01 and display it back as 12/2001 problem

[Bob Hynes]

Hi All,
In access97 I have an unbound textbox with the format property set to
'short date' and an input mask of 99/99. In the after update event of
the textbox I have code; me!textbox = format(me!textbox, "mm/yyyy")

What I'm tring to do is let the user enter the month and two(2) digit
year and then display it back to them as a four(4) digit year. This
works fine up until 2001 then it screws up.
examples:
if I enter 11/99 it displays 11/1999
if I enter 10/80 it displays 10/1980
if I enter 11/00 it displays 11/2000

if I enter 11/01 it displays 11/2003?
if I enter 11/02 it displays 11/2003?

why?
thanks
bobh.

[Allen Browne]

11/01 is interpreted as November 1 of the current year.

11/99 cannot be November 99 of the current year, so Access takes another
interpretation.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

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Hi All,
In access97 I have an unbound textbox with the format property set to
'short date' and an input mask of 99/99. In the after update event of
the textbox I have code; me!textbox = format(me!textbox, "mm/yyyy")

What I'm tring to do is let the user enter the month and two(2) digit
year and then display it back to them as a four(4) digit year. This
works fine up until 2001 then it screws up.
examples:
if I enter 11/99 it displays 11/1999
if I enter 10/80 it displays 10/1980
if I enter 11/00 it displays 11/2000

if I enter 11/01 it displays 11/2003?
if I enter 11/02 it displays 11/2003?

why?
thanks
bobh.