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Date field & year 2000
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00121590
Message ID:
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>>vfp 3.0 win 95
>>
>>Currently my date field size is set by the
>>date field setup of vfp. 07-27-98
>>
>>Should we be concerned with the format of
>>the field? 07-27-98 vs 07-27-1998
>>
>>Set Century shows four digit year, however
>>the actual date field only allows for two digit
>>year.
>>
>>Is the date field format different in newer
>>versions of vfp? Does it allow four digit year
>>input?
>>
>>Thanks and have a great day!
>>
>>Becky
>
>Try putting your date's .InputMask property to
>99/99/9999 and the .Format property to "D". An
>app I'm working on requires that the user enter
>the full four digit year for Y2K compliance.
>
>Steve

This, of course, assumes that the client will accept this...some companies concerned with fast data entry like to keep keystrokes to a minimum...

Joe
Joseph C. Kempel
Systems Analyst/Programmer
JNC
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