Birthday entry error

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I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I tried to 
use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and 
clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... July 
11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces correct 
entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul xx, 
etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my desktop.
May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday 
info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the years 
past?
-- 
Ilya Zeldes
Fort Myers, FL
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Reply Utf 7/17/2010 4:23:32 PM

Addendum to the previous post.

As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on 
Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one. 
And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is there...
Do you follow me?

Ilya

"ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I tried 
> to
> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... 
> July
> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces 
> correct
> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul 
> xx,
> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my desktop.
> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the 
> years
> past?
> -- 
> Ilya Zeldes
> Fort Myers, FL 

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Reply Ilya 7/17/2010 4:50:52 PM


In your Win 7 setup, what is your default date format... you should be able 
to locate this in your Regional Options settings.

For example my Short Date format is: M/d/yyyy
And my Long Date format is: dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy


"Ilya Zeldes" <ilyaz33@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
> Addendum to the previous post.
>
> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on 
> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one. 
> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is 
> there...
> Do you follow me?
>
> Ilya
>
> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I 
>> tried to
>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... 
>> July
>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces 
>> correct
>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul 
>> xx,
>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my 
>> desktop.
>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the 
>> years
>> past?
>> -- 
>> Ilya Zeldes
>> Fort Myers, FL
> 

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Reply Magnus 7/17/2010 6:01:57 PM

Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, Region
and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...

Addendum to the previous post.

As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is there...
Do you follow me?

Ilya

"ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I tried to
> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... July
> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces correct
> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul xx,
> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my desktop.
> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the years
> past?
> -- 
> Ilya Zeldes
> Fort Myers, FL 


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Reply Gary 7/17/2010 6:18:44 PM

Gary and Magnus,

thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were 
dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I 
found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. To 
bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
Thanks again for your input.

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message 
news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, 
> Region
> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message 
> news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>
> Addendum to the previous post.
>
> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is 
> there...
> Do you follow me?
>
> Ilya
>
> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I 
>> tried to
>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... 
>> July
>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces 
>> correct
>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul 
>> xx,
>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my 
>> desktop.
>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the 
>> years
>> past?
>> -- 
>> Ilya Zeldes
>> Fort Myers, FL
>
> 
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Reply Ilya 7/18/2010 4:45:24 AM

Interesting.  Apparently the pop-up calendar ignores the system setting for
date format, instead deciding that since you are in the U.S., you must use the
standard U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy).

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message news:6B3268EE-A709-4523-9FD4-DF76154E1C2F@microsoft.com...

Gary and Magnus,

thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were
dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I
found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. To
bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
Thanks again for your input.

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, Region
> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>
> Addendum to the previous post.
>
> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is there...
> Do you follow me?
>
> Ilya
>
> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I tried to
>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... July
>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces correct
>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul xx,
>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my desktop.
>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the years
>> past?
>> -- 
>> Ilya Zeldes
>> Fort Myers, FL
>
> 


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Reply Gary 7/18/2010 4:59:56 AM

He's quite right.

The dd/mm/yyyy style is much more reasonable.

Nancy

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)"  wrote in message 
news:e4M4NYjJLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Interesting.  Apparently the pop-up calendar ignores the system setting for
date format, instead deciding that since you are in the U.S., you must use 
the
standard U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy).

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message 
news:6B3268EE-A709-4523-9FD4-DF76154E1C2F@microsoft.com...

Gary and Magnus,

thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were
dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I
found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. To
bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
Thanks again for your input.

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, 
> Region
> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message 
> news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>
> Addendum to the previous post.
>
> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is 
> there...
> Do you follow me?
>
> Ilya
>
> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I 
>> tried to
>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... 
>> July
>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces 
>> correct
>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul 
>> xx,
>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my 
>> desktop.
>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the 
>> years
>> past?
>> -- 
>> Ilya Zeldes
>> Fort Myers, FL 

0
Reply Nancy 7/18/2010 6:01:55 AM

The dd/mm/yyyy convention is more logical, and more widely used in the
rest of the world.. The fact remains, though, that mm/dd/yyyy is the standard
in the U.S.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"Nancy Jackman"  wrote in message news:OAvuD7jJLHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

He's quite right.

The dd/mm/yyyy style is much more reasonable.

Nancy

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)"  wrote in message
news:e4M4NYjJLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Interesting.  Apparently the pop-up calendar ignores the system setting for
date format, instead deciding that since you are in the U.S., you must use
the
standard U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy).

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message
news:6B3268EE-A709-4523-9FD4-DF76154E1C2F@microsoft.com...

Gary and Magnus,

thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were
dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I
found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. To
bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
Thanks again for your input.

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, Region
> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>
> Addendum to the previous post.
>
> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is there...
> Do you follow me?
>
> Ilya
>
> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I tried to
>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... July
>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces correct
>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul xx,
>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my desktop.
>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the years
>> past?
>> -- 
>> Ilya Zeldes
>> Fort Myers, FL 


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Reply Gary 7/18/2010 2:56:41 PM

No question about the US Standard. But then why Windows 7 offers several 
different options that do not work? Looks to me that there might be a glitch 
somewhere in the WLM. Also, the drop down calendar open the current year and 
month, naturally. But what do you do if today you need April 1933? Is there 
a quick way to get past several decades?

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message 
news:eqh5vloJLHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The dd/mm/yyyy convention is more logical, and more widely used in the
> rest of the world.. The fact remains, though, that mm/dd/yyyy is the 
> standard
> in the U.S.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Nancy Jackman"  wrote in message 
> news:OAvuD7jJLHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> He's quite right.
>
> The dd/mm/yyyy style is much more reasonable.
>
> Nancy
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)"  wrote in message
> news:e4M4NYjJLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> Interesting.  Apparently the pop-up calendar ignores the system setting 
> for
> date format, instead deciding that since you are in the U.S., you must use
> the
> standard U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy).
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message
> news:6B3268EE-A709-4523-9FD4-DF76154E1C2F@microsoft.com...
>
> Gary and Magnus,
>
> thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were
> dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I
> found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. To
> bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
> Thanks again for your input.
>
> Ilya
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
>> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
>> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, 
>> Region
>> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message 
>> news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Addendum to the previous post.
>>
>> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
>> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
>> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is 
>> there...
>> Do you follow me?
>>
>> Ilya
>>
>> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I 
>>> tried to
>>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar 
>>> and
>>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... 
>>> July
>>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces 
>>> correct
>>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 
>>> Jul xx,
>>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my 
>>> desktop.
>>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the 
>>> years
>>> past?
>>> -- 
>>> Ilya Zeldes
>>> Fort Myers, FL
>
> 
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Reply Ilya 7/18/2010 3:59:10 PM

I don't know, I've never used the popup calendar for entering birth dates.
Seems like an unnecessary gimmick to me. I always enter the date manually.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


"Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message news:811ED38E-9112-4464-81CE-291F90EBE34F@microsoft.com...

No question about the US Standard. But then why Windows 7 offers several
different options that do not work? Looks to me that there might be a glitch
somewhere in the WLM. Also, the drop down calendar open the current year and
month, naturally. But what do you do if today you need April 1933? Is there
a quick way to get past several decades?

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eqh5vloJLHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The dd/mm/yyyy convention is more logical, and more widely used in the
> rest of the world.. The fact remains, though, that mm/dd/yyyy is the standard
> in the U.S.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Nancy Jackman"  wrote in message news:OAvuD7jJLHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> He's quite right.
>
> The dd/mm/yyyy style is much more reasonable.
>
> Nancy
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)"  wrote in message
> news:e4M4NYjJLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> Interesting.  Apparently the pop-up calendar ignores the system setting for
> date format, instead deciding that since you are in the U.S., you must use
> the
> standard U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy).
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message
> news:6B3268EE-A709-4523-9FD4-DF76154E1C2F@microsoft.com...
>
> Gary and Magnus,
>
> thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were
> dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I
> found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. To
> bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
> Thanks again for your input.
>
> Ilya
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
>> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
>> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, Region
>> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Addendum to the previous post.
>>
>> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
>> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
>> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is there...
>> Do you follow me?
>>
>> Ilya
>>
>> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I tried to
>>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar and
>>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 2... July
>>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces correct
>>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 Jul xx,
>>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my desktop.
>>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the years
>>> past?
>>> -- 
>>> Ilya Zeldes
>>> Fort Myers, FL
>
> 


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Reply Gary 7/18/2010 9:07:15 PM

Yeah, even in this high tech era the manual labor does miracles...

Ilya

"Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message 
news:u2Lb00rJLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I don't know, I've never used the popup calendar for entering birth dates.
> Seems like an unnecessary gimmick to me. I always enter the date manually.
>
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message 
> news:811ED38E-9112-4464-81CE-291F90EBE34F@microsoft.com...
>
> No question about the US Standard. But then why Windows 7 offers several
> different options that do not work? Looks to me that there might be a 
> glitch
> somewhere in the WLM. Also, the drop down calendar open the current year 
> and
> month, naturally. But what do you do if today you need April 1933? Is 
> there
> a quick way to get past several decades?
>
> Ilya
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:eqh5vloJLHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> The dd/mm/yyyy convention is more logical, and more widely used in the
>> rest of the world.. The fact remains, though, that mm/dd/yyyy is the 
>> standard
>> in the U.S.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Nancy Jackman"  wrote in message 
>> news:OAvuD7jJLHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> He's quite right.
>>
>> The dd/mm/yyyy style is much more reasonable.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)"  wrote in message
>> news:e4M4NYjJLHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Interesting.  Apparently the pop-up calendar ignores the system setting 
>> for
>> date format, instead deciding that since you are in the U.S., you must 
>> use
>> the
>> standard U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy).
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message
>> news:6B3268EE-A709-4523-9FD4-DF76154E1C2F@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Gary and Magnus,
>>
>> thanks for your suggestions. As a matter of fact, my settings were
>> dd/mm/yyyy, but, as I said before, it didn't work... After many tries, I
>> found that the only format accepted in the birthday date is mm/dd/yyyy. 
>> To
>> bad... For a number of reasons, I'd prefer the dd/mm/yyyy style...
>> Thanks again for your input.
>>
>> Ilya
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen (MVP)" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:eJW56xdJLHA.4496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> Sounds like you have the wrong date format selected (7/11 becomes 11/7,
>>> 2/3 becomes 3/2, etc.).
>>> Different countries use different date formats. Go to Control Panel, 
>>> Region
>>> and Language, then choose the appropriate date format.
>>>
>>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ilya Zeldes"  wrote in message 
>>> news:E3D214EA-6574-4CC5-9C6E-40147DA29498@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>> Addendum to the previous post.
>>>
>>> As I mentioned it, a manual entry shows a correct date UNTIL I click on
>>> Save. After Save, the date in the Preview area gets back to a wrong one.
>>> And, of course, if I open this contact for edit, the wrong date is 
>>> there...
>>> Do you follow me?
>>>
>>> Ilya
>>>
>>> "ilyaz" <ilyaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:93EF949F-D32C-4939-9D05-C243EFBCAEAB@microsoft.com...
>>>> I have Win 7 Home Premium x64 and WLMail. When editing my contact, I 
>>>> tried to
>>>> use a pop down calendar in the Birthday entry area. I opened calendar 
>>>> and
>>>> clicked Feb 3, 2010, however the date on the line appeared as March 
>>>> 2... July
>>>> 11 transferred into Nov 7, etc. Entering manually 03/02/xxxx produces 
>>>> correct
>>>> entry 03 Feb xx, manual entry of 11/07/xxxx results in the correct 11 
>>>> Jul xx,
>>>> etc. Entering birthdate on Contacts.com do not change rntry on my 
>>>> desktop.
>>>> May someone please tell me what's the correct way to enter the birthday
>>>> info? Also, what is the easy way to get to a drop down calendar for the 
>>>> years
>>>> past?
>>>> -- 
>>>> Ilya Zeldes
>>>> Fort Myers, FL
>>
>>
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