>>>ldTestDate = {01/04/1995}
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>>Yes, Sergey, you've pointed out this before but whenever I use that construct I get the message:
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>>"Ambiguous date/datetime constant. Use the format {^yyyy-mm-dd ..." (as your 2nd ex.)
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>>or for some reason my date doesn't get stored as a date. I've never had any luck with that so I continue to use the old dBASE code that I trust, the way I learnt. I didn't want the same error messages to beset the newbie, Bilal.
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>SET STRICTDATE TO 0
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>>>* Even better
>>>ldTestDate = {^1995/04/01}
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>>Maybe so but I'm used to dates in British format (as I suspect Bilal is :-)
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>Very weak excuse for not writing proper code.

Since when has CTOD() not been proper code? If it isn't why don't they get rid of it or mark it as "included for backward compatibility"? OK, it can be ambiguous if StrictDate = 2, but you yourself said set it to 0, in order for ldTestDate = {01/04/1995} not to generate an error

Also, I don't recall StrictDate existing before VFP7 (I may be wrong). I don't know what version we're talking here, so using the LCD can't be harmful