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Q130270: BUG: SourceSafe Reports a Date/Time of 1/1/70

Article: Q130270
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600bug kbVBp300bug kbVBp400bug kbVBp500bug
Last Modified: 07-DEC-2001

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SYMPTOMS
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SourceSafe reports a date/time of 1/1/70 on all files within a project.

CAUSE
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This is caused by a corrupt Status.dat file.


RESOLUTION
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You may repair the Status.dat file by doing one of the following:

- Download the latest versions of Analyze and DDCONV. For information on
  downloading these files, please see the following article in the Microsoft
  Knowledge Base:

  Q190881 ANALYZE5.EXE Utility for Visual SourceSafe

  Run DDCONV -S <path to data directory>.

- Delete the Status.dat file and run ANALYZE <path to data directory> -f.

NOTE: If you have SourceSafe version 4.0 (build 811 or 831), you should obtain
version 4.0a (build 1309) from Microsoft Technical Support before repairing the
Status.dat file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

Additional query words: REBUILD

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500bug kbSSafe600bug kbVBp300bug kbVBp400bug kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbSSafe310bug kbSSafe304bug 
Issue type        : kbbug

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