help please - AppleWorks Y2K

[p035631b@pb.seflin.org (Joe Cairnes)]

I have tried to use two and four digit years in eight versions of
AppleWorks.  Except for one version for which I get to use little memory,
it refused my entry. 

While the use of a date is not vital it would be nice to have dated files. 
Can anyone tell me how to patch files of any versions?  If the date
handling routines were always at the same place on diskette, I could
modify the appropriate blocks.  If routines are always at the same place
can anyone help with info on what to change to and where? 

Here is what I found {this summary was written with AppleWriter.  :-)}

AppleWorks tests of --/--/2000 in a ][e

                                       keyed      keyed
version  Date must be:  in this form:  2000*       00*
-------  -------------  ------------- -------    ------------------------
1.1      1983 or later  3/20/84       refused    refused 
1.1G     1983 or later  3/20/84       refused    refused
1.2      1983 or later  3/20/84       refused    refused
2.0      1983 or later  3/20/86       refused    refused
2.0A     1983 or later  3/20/86       refused    started but was unusable
2.1      1988 or later  6/30/88       refused    refused
3.0                    02/21/87       refused    WORKED
4.3                    02/21/94       refused    refused

* refused means refused to accept the date input

-
Joe

Forever is a long time; but I have been using a ][e for over a decade.