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+<helpdocument version="1.0">
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+<topic id="textscalcguideyear2000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">19xx/20xx Years</title>
+<filename>/text/scalc/guide/year2000.xhp</filename>
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+<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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+<body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150439"><bookmark_value>years; 2-digits</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>dates; 19xx/20xx</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="year2000"><link href="text/scalc/guide/year2000.xhp" name="19xx/20xx Years">19xx/20xx Years</link>
+</variable></paragraph>
+<section id="text">
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US">The year in a date entry is often entered as two digits. Internally, the year is managed by $[officename] as four digits, so that in the calculation of the difference from 1/1/99 to 1/1/01, the result will correctly be two years.</paragraph>
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+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154011" xml-lang="en-US">Under <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - $[officename] - General</emph> you can define the century that is used when you enter a year with only two digits. The default is 1930 to 2029.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US">This means that if you enter a date of 1/1/30 or higher, it will be treated internally as 1/1/1930 or higher. All lower two-digit years apply to the 20xx century. So, for example, 1/1/20 is converted into 1/1/2020.</paragraph>
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