Why do I ned to enter the century in dates?

[jmagnus]

There is no reason for me to need to enter 2017 and not just 17. There is zero chance that 19xx would apply to any donation I am entering into Turbotax or is there some law I am unaware of that allows me to use donations from 18 years ago?

[PaulaM]

You can enter 17 and the software will add the 20 for you. 06/01/17 is changed to 06/01/2017 automatically.