>>>>Interesting naming convention
>>>
>>>Which?
>>>
>>>>Your original table has date in character format. When you produce CSV can you change it to date (use CTOD, if you want)?
>>>
>>>Do you mean IntermTable? That has just been created by importing the XLS. How can I use CTOD() in that process?
>>>I had no initial input in the production of the XLS/CSV, but had to reformat it somewhat to get it to feed to this program.
>>>
>>>Si ... don't understand. Thanks
>>>
>>
>>I guess, I misundertstood you originally. Ok, your intermTable is from Excel, which explains strange names for the fields.
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>What strange names? They're just field names as any other.
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>>And in your IntermTable dates are in C format, correct?
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>Correct - the XLS date field yields a char date field in IntermTable
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>>What do you receive when you convert these dates back to date? Of they already come wrong?
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>

>Replace	Operator	with tnOperator, ;	
>         ...
>  	Date with CTOD( m.E), ;
>         ...
>

>is in the code (as I posted). This is what yields dd/mm/1920 in the result FB1.DBF
>
>>
>>Thanks.

What you have in E field?