Calculated Date Column Returns 30 December 1899

Hi!
This might be a bug in SharePoint... I wanted to have the Created column without the time, but since that doesn't seem possible I created a calculated column called Date Created which returns a Date only (ie- no time) and the formula is simply "=Created".
This should work right? Well it does and it doesn't. After a while I noticed some of the values had become 30.12.1899. If I edit the calculated column under list settings without making any changes but just clicking OK, all the values are updatet and correct, but adding new items to the list sets the Date Created value back to 30.12.1899.
Weird... I'm using Norwegian locale on this server so that might have something to do with it. The only thing I can think about is that the Date Created calculation is being done before the value of Created is set so that in effect this is a date null-value... Anybody else had a problem with this?

Hi,
I have the same issue when using the modified date column in a calculated field. What i try to do is to create a field that shows only the modified date (e.g. not the time).
When I try to create a calculated field with =modified, set the data type to date and time and check 'date only' format my calculated field returns 30/12/1899.
When i type out the formula =DATE(YEAR(Modified),MONTH(Modified),DAY(Modified)) it returns 30/12/3799.
Regards and thank you for the (any) response.

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