Access and Excel, the database and spreadsheet applications contained in Microsoft Office, may or may not be compliant depending on the version you are using and the formatting style you apply to date fields. Microsoft categorizes their products according to the definitions listed below. May need to install prerequisite patch or service pack for compliance. A general rule of thumb is the more recent the version, the more compliant it is. Only the Office 97 versions of Access and Excel are considered fully compliant.
Earlier versions are in varying degrees of compliance.
For example, Access version 2.0 is not compliant. The next earlier version, Access 7.0, is compliant with minor issues. Earlier versions of Excel, versions 5.0 and 95, are both compliant with minor issues. Compliance dependent on Service Release patch Access 97 and Excel 97 are considered to be compliant. This compliance is dependent on installation of the correct Service Release patch.