I've looked far and wide for an answer to this problem and could not find one.
Perhaps you can help.
The Problem:
In the Magento Admin Backend Panel, I am trying to set the Special Price Date so that the original price shows along with the discounted price (on the catalog page). My problem is that regardless of the date I input, it always changes the year to 2020. I've tried selecting the date in calendar, I've tried typing it out. Always the same result.
Where am I making these changes:
Admin Panel :: Product/Catalog/ edit -> advanced pricing
Additional Note:
I checked if this happens with other date selections and had the same exact problem with the "Set Product as New From" field. The date I input stays the same except for the year which keeps defaulting to 2020 no matter which year I input. The year appears correctly on new orders placed and in other places. This seems to be specific to the Backend panel on any datepicker where I can set a date.