Article ID: 259120 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 1.2 Date Format Is Not Displayed as Specified in Regional SettingsThis article was previously published under Q259120 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/
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Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
After you use the Regional Settings tool in Control Panel to specify a short date format of MM/dd/yy, some programs may not display or
recognize dates in that format.
CAUSE
This issue can occur if there is a non-zero iDate value entry in the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\
RESOLUTIONWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk. To resolve this issue, delete the iDate value in the following registry key, or set it to 0 (zero):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\
MORE INFORMATION
You can use the iDate value to specify the following date formats:
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