riddle

[oneinder]

LOST PASSWORD : A man worked for a high security institution. One day he
went to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His
password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every
month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation:
Man : "Hey boss, my password is out of date."
Boss -"Yes, that's right, the password is different, but if you listen carefully you
should be able to figure out the new one. It has the same amount of letters as your old
password, but only four of the letters are the same."
Man : "Thanks boss." With that, he went and correctly logged into his station.
Q : What was his OLD password?

[GetOverIt]

Out of Date ?

[Dinkypuzzled]

different is the new password - it was 'out of date'. The four letters in common are d,e,f and t.

[AniaSM]

JANUARY because it shares the letters UARY with FEBUARY?

[lady_p_gold]

I came up with January ..... whats the answer oneinder ????

[terrywogan]

It can't be AniaSM's answer because FEBRUARY has one more letter than JANUARY.

[AniaSM]

Terry has spotted the one flaw in my reasoning.

[bloop-]

answer is different
boss sez "the password is different"