The date is getting up graded to current date in old saved files

[Anand]

I am using Windows XP. I had Letters drafted and saved earlier in JUne 08
with the date on that particular day posted from the "Insert Date".

I have opened the same file today. The date is up graded to today's date
that is 19th July 08. It has happened in other files also. I am unable to
know on which date I had actually drafted that letter.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The reason is that you have inserted a date field which shows the system
date. What you need to do is change those date fields for createdate
fields - ALT+F9 change {DATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"}or {TIME \@ "d MMM yyyy"} to
{CREATEDATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"} then F9 and ALT+F9 - and change the date in
your letterhead template so that future letters based on it show the correct
dates. The switches \@ "d MMM yyyy" may be different at your location.

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[macropod]

And if the document wasn't finalised on the date it was created, you may need to use {SAVEDATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"} instead of
{CREATEDATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"}, then re-select the date and press Ctrl-Shift-F9 after updating it. This converts the date to plain
text to prevent further automatic updating.