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Deciphering IE Release Numbers

So I am researching a very weird issue for my app. And it led me to having to decipher IE release numbers.

So my release (or version) number is: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.080814-1233. I'll break it down bit by bit.

• 6.0.2900.2180 is the build number, check here for a full list.


• xpsp_sp2_gdr stands for Windows XP sp2, and not to sure what the gdr stands for, and can't really find a good answer out in the internet


• 080814 is August 14, 2008, so it is YYMMDD date format (the part i was interested in)


• 1233 is a mystery to me, much like the gdr.

So that's the release version. Some parts are unknown to me, but at least I know a little bit more and it helped me figure out my user's error.

Labels: IE, Microsoft

posted by Tom Becker at 12/16/2008 | 0 Comments