Day of week is not displayed in day, 5 days or 7 days views in Outlook 2003 SP2 (french)

[Tartempion]

Hi,

As mentionned in the title, day of week is not displayed in the Calendar
1-day, 5-days or 7-days views. For instance, today (wed. feb 21st) is
displayed "21 février" instead of "mercredi 21 février". This is very
annoying! In the english version of Outlook 2003, no problem; "Wednesday,
February 21" is displayed.

Both versions are Outlook 2003 SP2. I haven't found anything in Microsoft
KB, nor in any newsgroup (including the french one).

I work in Canada, where english and french are official languages.

Any hint?

Thanks!

Laurent

 

[Brian Tillman]

As mentionned in the title, day of week is not displayed in the
Calendar 1-day, 5-days or 7-days views. For instance, today (wed. feb
21st) is displayed "21 février" instead of "mercredi 21 février".
This is very annoying! In the english version of Outlook 2003, no
problem; "Wednesday, February 21" is displayed.

Did you add the "dddd" specifier to your Windows long date format?

 

[Tartempion]

Hello Brian,

It works! Thanks a lot! But before pushing that modification on my network
though, I am wondering if this change to the Windows regional parameter
doesn't have some side effects on others softwares (for instance date
formats in Excel, Access, mail-merge in Word, etc.). Any idea?

Thanks again,

Laurent

 

[Brian Tillman]

It works! Thanks a lot! But before pushing that modification on my
network though, I am wondering if this change to the Windows regional
parameter doesn't have some side effects on others softwares (for
instance date formats in Excel, Access, mail-merge in Word, etc.).
Any idea?

Sorry, I don't know what else it may affect. I've always included the day
in the long date format and have never seen it show up in Excel, I don't use
Access, and it hasn't affected any mail merges I've done.

 

[Tartempion]

Thanks Brian, I appreciate your comments.

As far as I know, Excel builds it formats based on the regional settings's
short date. But I asked anyway, because you don't mess around when
supporting 2000 users!

Regards,

Laurent