>Does anybody have a routine to set the short date format for windows. Right now, the user has to go to START|Control Panel|Regional Settings and switch to the date tab. The reason is I've started using the Microsoft Date/Time picker. Since it went out, I've gotten calls from users saying it was only displaying 00 for the year (y2k scare is going). Anyway, I kinda thought it would be handy if when the application is started if I change that to the mm/dd/yyyy format.
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It's a registry value under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International called sShortDate, takes a REG_SZ value with the string - I have mine set 'M/d/yy'; to get the effect you want, set it to 'MM/dd/yyyy'

There's another value iDate; not sure what it represents (perhaps default date mode).