Palm desktop freezes when going to dates in 2009

My palm desktop application freezes when I open the calendar and try to go to date in 2009. Any ideas what this is all about?
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Message Edited by phlegmon27 on 12-17-2008 03:42 AM

Something set in 2009 is corrupt. Download DBFixIt from http://www.pimlicosoftware.com and search the forums for 'corrupt calendar entry' to find the instructions. The Palm OS Data Mangler Manager has a tendency to bug out sometimes. This is probably the the 10,000th time somebody has had a data corruption that causes their calendar/memos/tasks/[insert PIM app here] to crash.
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