Download button not showing - Expiry date WRONG!

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I ran a test transaction on a downloadable product, processing the order thru PayPal IPN, then updated the order to delivered.

I have tried setting the Download Controller to all the settings (Delivered, Pending, Processing, PayPal Processing, default)

Once the product has been updated to Delivery status, it either shows this is on the "Check Out Success" and/or "My Account/View Orders" page -

At the bottom of the Page, it states . . .

Download Links
"Test Download" Links Expires: Tuesday, December 7, 1999 3 downloads remaining

Why isn't the "Download" button showing and why is the date outdated? Is the faulty date readout causing my button to not show up? If so, how do I fix it? What file is creating this erroneous date?

I scourged the database. Nothing. I went thru the "download.php" file. Nothing to indicate that this expiry date should be showing as it is.[/b]

Tried the following steps:

Reset the expiry date to 0 in my Product Attributes - that got rid of the crazy date output.

But there is still no "Download Now" button showing . . . .

I can't figure it out and this is a project for family, not just a client. So its really important to get this working.