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Microsoft Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure & Resource Center
MSN Web Communities RTW 10/99  (English) - Non-specific

Product Summary
Product: MSN Web Communities
Version: RTW 10/99 		Category: Compliant
Operating System: Non-specific
Language: English Release Date: N/A
Operational Range: 01 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 2035
Prerequisites: None
Product Dependencies: A Passport Account. Browser: Internet Explorer 3.03 Service Pack 1 or above, Netscape Navigator 3.04 and above, Netscape Communicator 4.0 and above. Connection to the Internet
Clock Dependencies: System Clock Only.
Last Updated: 11 Oct 1999
Product Details

MSN Web Communities can be found at: http://beta.communities.msn.com/home

 

Product Dependencies:

With this release, youÆll be required to sign up and obtain a Passport Account.  You can get Passport Accounts from http://www.Passport.com.

 

How the product handles dates:

╖         MSN Web Communities displays dates in the following areas:

╪       ôFull Sizedö view of photo album photos, as the date posted

╪       ôLast replyö to a message board posting

╪       ôSentö field of a message board message

╪       ôMember Sinceö field of the membership list

╪       ôYou Joinedö field of the ôMy Profileö page

╖         MSN Web communities stores years in 4-digit year format.

╖         MSN Web communities does not ask users to input any date values, rather dates are generated by the system at the time of posting an item, or joining a community.

╖         Dates are displayed in US English date formats.

╖         Times are reported in Pacific Standard Time.

 

Two-digit shortcut handling:

 

Two-digit year shortcuts are displayed in the ôFull Sizedö view of photos, ôLast Replyö and ôSentö fields within a community.

 

 They are displayed as MM/DD/YY HH: MM.  The times are Pacific Standard Time.

 

Conversion to 4-digits year dates is based on the following.

 

Two-digit year shortcuts from 80-99 insert a ô19ö in front for the 4-digit year value.

Shortcuts from 00-34 insert in front of the shortcut ô20ö to the shortcut for the 4-digit year value.

 

Calculation of the shortcut is based on taking the stored 4-digit year value and removing the first two digits before display.

 

Validation guidelines and recommendations:

There are no client-side tests that can be run other than to validate that there is no dependency on client systemÆs time to the service.

 

Procedure:

Set your system clock to any time and date your system supports.

In a supported browser, go to http://communities.msn.com.

From the category browse on the main page, enter a ôPublicö community

Join this community

Go to the message board, and post a message.

 

Notice the date and time set to the message, is in U.S. Date format, and Pacific Standard Time.

 

 

 

 

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* The product is compliant with recommended customer action. This indicates a prerequisite action is recommended which may include loading a software update or reading a document.
# The product is compliant with acceptable deviations from Microsoft's standard of compliance. An acceptable deviation does not affect the core functionality, data integrity, stability, or reliability of the product.
+ The product is compliant with pending Year 2000 software updates. Future maintenance actions will be recommended shortly. See Product Guide for further details.
Note: Compliance ratings given for each product assume that all recommended actions have been taken.

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YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE

ALL COMMUNICATIONS OR CONVEYANCES OF INFORMATION TO YOU CONCERNING MICROSOFT AND THE YEAR 2000, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE INFORMATION REGARDING YEAR 2000 TESTING, ASSESSMENTS, READINESS, TIME TABLES, OBJECTIVES, OR OTHER (COLLECTIVELY THE "MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT"), ARE PROVIDED AS A "YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE" (AS DEFINED BY THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT) AND CAN BE FOUND AT MICROSOFT'S YEAR 2000 WEBSITE LOCATED AT http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/ (the "Y2K WEBSITE"). EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF, THE TERMS OF THE Y2K WEBSITE, AND THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE PLANNING FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE YEAR 2000. EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND IS UPDATED REGULARLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. MICROSOFT THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THAT YOU CHECK THE Y2K WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT. EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. CONSEQUENTLY, MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. MOREOVER, MICROSOFT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY MICROSOFT OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY DECREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER REGARDING ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS FOUND AT THE Y2K WEBSITE AND IS INTENDED TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INFORMATION LOCATED AT THE Y2K WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MICROSOFT'S YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE STATEMENT, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CATEGORIES OF COMPLIANCE INTO WHICH MICROSOFT HAS CLASSIFIED ITS PRODUCTS IN ITS YEAR 2000 PRODUCT GUIDE, AND THE MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 TEST CRITERIA.

ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENTS MADE TO YOU IN THE COURSE OF PROVIDING YEAR 2000 RELATED UPDATES, YEAR 2000 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, OR REMEDIATION SERVICES (IF ANY) ARE SUBJECT TO THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT (112 STAT. 2386). IN CASE OF A DISPUTE, THIS ACT MAY REDUCE YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF ANY SUCH STATEMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY YOUR CONTRACT OR TARIFF.


 

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