Hello Geoff

Geoffrey Heard wrote:
> My MacBookPro 13", OS X.6.7 is confused about what year it is.
> 
> In the Date & Time section of the prefs, the little panel changeable by 
> the up/down arrows, gives the date as 11/04/09, i.e. the 11 April 2009 - 
> that's the (sensible!) way we Australians generally write dates.
> 
> I cannot change the "09" in the panel although I can change both the day 
> and the month.
> 
> BUT in the calendar page immediately below, it gives the correct date -- 
> 11 April 2011.
> [...]

Whether it's NWP or the system that is confused I can't tell, but NWP is 
infact right...

11/04/09 = YY/MM/DD = 2011 April 9. To change this you probably will 
have to go to systempreferences -> 'Date&Time' and from here to 
'International'. Here you have the possibilities to change to/from 
YY/MM/DD to YYYY/MM/DD, DD/MM/YY, DD/MM/YYYY etc. through the 'Edit' 
button...

In NWP you can also try to go to 'Insert' -> 'Date&Time' -> down to 
'Spedial Date & Time'. Check that the upper popup is set to 'Actual' and 
the 'Update Automatically' checkbox is marked. The next group with the 
viewing format must be set to 'Pre-defined Format', the left popup menu 
must be set to 'Date & Time', the right popup menu must be set to 
'Medium'. If the corrct date and time doesnot show up in the small 
mirror below, click on the 'Configure' button to the right of the 
'Medium' popup menu and you'll be taken to the 'International' 
controlpane and make a total new re-configuration of your date and time 
settings.

Cheers, Erik Richard



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