NCS Header Year Format - Conversion Profile

This popup menu enables you to select the format of the year (date scanned) in the header of the converted file that is created after conversion occurs. This setting is used only if the NCS Header field is included in the converted file, see Record format - Conversion Profile.

NOTE: This setting does NOT change the format of the year in the NCS Header in the original data file (.DAT) created during scanning. The NCS Header for the .dat file always stores the date scanned year as two characters (bytes 17 and 18); you cannot change that.

The choices are:

• Two Digit - store only the last two characters of the year, this is identical to the standard NCS Header format. This is not available for the Y2K Compliant Output Format type.
• Four Digit (19xx) - store the year as four characters, the first two being 19, defining the twentieth century; example 1998.
• Four Digit (20xx) - store the year as four characters, the first two being 20, defining the twenty-first century; example 2002.

When a Four Digit choice is selected, bytes 17-20 of the header in the converted file are used for the four characters of the year, causing all succeeding bytes to shift from the standard definition.

NOTE: If you scanned in the 1900s and then in the next century (2000s), select Append or Replace at S/N (Scanning Options) to add records to the data file. The two-digit year for date scanned can only be converted to 19xx or 20xx dates. You cannot achieve a mix of 19xx and 20xx dates in the converted file header.