Y2k21 problem in Notes property box - Created date is empty
Thomas Hampel
4 January 20212021 started with a little surprise: The property box in your HCL Notes client doesn’t show the Created date for documents created in 2021 any longer.
Here is a screenshot of what is missing:
It affects just the display of the date/time value in the property box in all the Notes clients (Standard & Basic, on MacOS and Windows).
From a technical point of view the date/time values are still there but they are just not displayed in the property box.
The property box refers to the date when the document was created and its empty when the document was created in 2021 or later.
It is still displayed correctly when a field $Created exists in the document, e.g. this is the case for SMTP mails.
So far this was reported to appear with the following versions:
- Notes 11.0.1
- Notes 10.0.x
- Notes 9.0.1
- Notes 8.5.x
HCL Development is working on getting this minor issue fixed - details are tracked under SPR# NNAIBWX3MD and in HCL Technote KB0086175
Update: This problem is fixed in Notes 11.0.1 FP2 IF1
References:
- Notes 11.0.1 FP2 IF1
- HCL Technote KB0086175
- Per Henrik Lausten's Tweet: https://twitter.com/perlausten/status/1345069075060432897
- Jak na SW by Martin Hansgut : http://www.jaknasw.cz/chybejici-datum-vytvoreni-info-dokumentu/
- Daniel Nashed https://blog.nashcom.de/nashcomblog.nsf/dx/y2k21-notes-property-box-created-date-is-empty.htm
- Ytria ScanEZ https://www.ytria.com/ezsuite/scanez
1.) Y2k21 problem in Notes property box - Created date is empty
It does not seem to be only a display problem.
My research shows that, if I take my Notes mailbox,
- any SMTP email coming from NON Domino users has a creation date.
- any SMTP email coming from Domino users has no creation date.
- any Notes email coming from Domino users has no creation date
- any document created on my iphone using the iphone app does NOT have a creation date
- any document created on Verse does NOT have a creation date
- any document created on Nomad on an iPad does NOT have a creation date
- emails I receive from customers using Domino - but sending via SMTP do NOT have a creation date.
- emails received from anyone NOT using Domino have a creation date
So the issue looks to be something going wrong on the Domino server level, and is a 'variable' that is part of the SMTP content, or a different storing procedure if emails come from a Domino Server/Traveler via SMTP.
Good hunting
2.) Y2k21 problem in Notes property box - Created date is empty
No, this is not a server issue.
It is just the propertybox display value. The create date information itself exists and you can verify that by using 3rd party tools like Ytria ScanEZ https://www.ytria.com/ezsuite/scanez
Your analysis refers to the existence of the field $Created in the underlying document.