I thought Y2K was long gone. Apparently 2030 was the real problem.

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October 25, 2025
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I have started having problems when selecting dates in 2030 and beyond. After selecting a date in 2030 from the calendar dropdown, the date is changed to 1930. Is there a current fix for this other than manually typing the date in the field?

try67

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I'm not familiar with a 2030-bug (although it is possible). There is a 2038-bug with Unix (or any other 32-bit based system), though, and an Acrobat-specific bug for 2050, as the util object converts 2-digit year numbers below 50 as 20xx and above it (including) as 19xx, like this:

util.scand("mm/dd/yy", "01/01/49")
Fri Jan 01 2049 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (Romance Daylight Time)

util.scand("mm/dd/yy", "01/01/50")
Sun Jan 01 1950 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (Romance Daylight Time)