Displaying Four Digit Dates

Access 2000 takes the guesswork out of displaying four-digit years in your date fields. Now, you can force all your controls and fields to display four-digit years with just a few clicks. By displaying all four digits, you can ensure that a date's century is the right one with just a quick glance. To enforce this behavior, you'll need to access the Options command from the Tools menu and then click the General tab. In the Use Four-Digit Year Formatting section, you'll find two options:

* This Database: Sets the four-digit formatting option for the current database.
* All Databases: Sets the four-digit formatting option at the application level and affects all databases and Access projects.

Both options will override any Format property settings you've defined for individual fields and controls.

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