Mac OS X: Applications With Calendars Cannot Add March Events With Abbreviated Month Name

You may experience difficulty when adding events for the month of March in applications with a calendar feature, such as Microsoft Entourage v. X. This occurs when the date region is set for Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, or Switzerland (Italian).
Symptom

If you try to set a calendar event using an abbreviated name for March, the date will be rejected and erased. Examples of abbreviated names for March include "Maa" (Dutch and Belgian) and "Mar" (Italian and Swiss Italian).

Note: This issue occurs any time you schedule an event for March, whether or not it is March when you attempt to schedule the event.


Note: Microsoft Entourage 2001 does not use abbreviated month names by default, so it is only affected if you manually type an abbreviated name.

Solution

For Microsoft Entourage

Instead of creating new events with the toolbar or menu items, follow these steps:

Alternative workaround

Follow these steps to change the date region:


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Published Date: Feb 17, 2012