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TECHNICAL ALERT #8 FOR
WINDOWS USERS OF TWO COOL®

Windows users may experience incorrect "created" and "revised" dates in the INFORMATIONAL INPUT section of TWO COOL® v2.1.2 for Assembly and Packaging or v2.1.3 for Mask Manufacturing. These dates are automatically inserted by the database function when a complete model is saved or updated using the system clock. The display of these dates is affected by the choice of date systems inside Excel.

Should TWO COOL® display "created" and "revised" dates that are incorrect, implement the following procedures. Verify that the system clock/date is correctly set in Windows. If the system clock is correct, choose one of the solutions listed below.

1.Open Excel
2.Open TWOCOOL.XLM
3a.For Excel 4.0: From the Excel Menu Bar Select
  • Options:Calculation:Sheet Options
  • Deselect the 1904 Date System
  • Select OK
3b.For Excel 5.0: From the Excel Menu Bar Select
  • Tools:Options:Calculation:Workbook Options
  • Deselect the 1904 Date System
  • Select OK
4.Save TWOCOOL.XLM
  • For Excel 5.0: Answer NO When Prompted to Save As Excel 5.0 Format
5.Quit Excel

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