Query2000: "Syntax Error (Missing Operator)..." Error Performing Query with a Date

When you enter a date in the Criteria pane of your query, you receive an error message similar to the following where Table Name is the name of the table and Fieldname is the name of the field that you are querying.

This issue occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You enter a date value that does not include the year.
  
  -and-
  
  
• The current date setting on your computer is later than December 31, 1999.

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: To temporarily work around this problem, always specify the year portion of the date when your system clock is set to a date later than December 31, 1999.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.