Message-ID: <2083385.1075854037634.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 04:35:00 -0800 (PST) From: daren.farmer@enron.com To: stacey.neuweiler@enron.com, ami.chokshi@enron.com, kenneth.seaman@enron.com, pat.clynes@enron.com, mary.smith@enron.com Subject: displaying 4 digit year on your desktop Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Daren J Farmer X-To: Stacey Neuweiler, Ami Chokshi, Kenneth Seaman, Pat Clynes, Mary M Smith X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darren_Farmer_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Farmer-D X-FileName: dfarmer.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Daren J Farmer/HOU/ECT on 12/27/99 12:34 PM --------------------------- From: Dave Nommensen 12/27/99 09:40 AM To: Robert Superty/HOU/ECT@ECT, George Smith/HOU/ECT@ECT, Charles T Muzzy/HOU/ECT@ECT, Edward Terry/HOU/ECT@ECT, Katherine L Kelly/HOU/ECT@ECT, Tricia Bowen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Daren J Farmer/HOU/ECT@ECT, Randall L Gay/HOU/ECT@ECT, Scotty Gilbert/HOU/ECT@ECT, David Rohan/HOU/ECT@ECT, Richard Pinion/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kirk Lenart/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark McClure/HOU/ECT@ECT, Bryce Baxter/HOU/ECT@ECT, Gary Nelson/HOU/ECT@ECT, Rita Wynne/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin Heal/CAL/ECT@ECT cc: Inja Chun/HOU/ECT@ECT, Tommy J Yanowski/HOU/ECT@ECT Subject: displaying 4 digit year on your desktop In case you were not aware, you have the ability to control the Date display format on your PC. As we approach year 2000, you may wish to see all four digits of the year to insure that when you enter '00', the system recognizes it as 2000 vs. 1900. Some of your column widths may need to be expanded to view these 2 additional digits. To do this, go to: Start/Settings/Control Panel/Regional Settings/Date tab, Short date style. You may want to change it from "mm/dd/yy" to "mm/dd/yyyy" then hit OK. The screen print below may be helpful. Please forward to others in your area that may be interested. Thanks, d.n.