"Sept" automatically changes to "May" in address book

Has anyone else had the weird experience of typing "Sept" into the birthday window of Address book 4.0 and watching it switch to "May" as you move onto the next window?
This is consistent in my Address book. If I type "Sep" or Sep." all is ok. But if I type "Sept" or "Sept." or even "Septem" (or more of the name, etc.) without typing the entire month's name, it changes to May.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks.
Powerbook 15 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I'm replying to my own post because I just discovered that other months have "issues" with any use of the abbreviations other than the standard 3-letter abbreviations. So, be careful when entering birthdates (and other dates) in Address book.

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