On 10/04/02 09:57, "doppler" <doppler_at_mac.com> wrote:
> hi all!
>
> i have a problem syncronising the birthdays in dates app to/from a claris
> organiser file. after every sync, the birthdays become garbled in both the
> newton and the claris file. a person born jan 20th 1970 can become a "mar 15
> 1934" and so on. from what ive seen, no other corruptions occur. as a little
> bonus error 48418 shows up when the newt asks if i want to add new birtdays
> to the datebook straight after the sync.
>
> im clueless.
>
> is this a known bug? is there a work-around?
>
> PS. i use swedish dates format in the mac, and even considering the fact
> that there is no such option in the newton, it should work, i think it used
> to!
Total shot in the dark here, but what's the Swedish dates format? If the
dates are sent in a different format than what the Newton expects, you can
very well get garbled dates, because where the Newton expects the month, it
might get the date.
-Laurent.
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