>No point in my testing....that's what I got....I was looking for the "8" that David got.
>
>
>>>Ok, Larry, David ---
>>>
>>>This is gonna sound goofy, but try it with SET DATE DMY instead of BRITISH and see what happens....I cannot get this "bug" to fire.....I'm using 5.0a....what about you, David?
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I meant to say...
>>>>>
>>>>>"The first time I ran it, I got the same thing you did! But after I went back to the command prompt and set date to MDY it ran properly after that...and I can't make it do it again, even after I unload and re-loaded VFP. Hmmmm?!"
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry...it's late!
>>>>Just for curiosity, I tried it "one more time" and it did it again! It seems to be a more than transient, let's call it "intermittent" bug!
>>Try this one in test.prg, I get 12 both times
>>
>>set date british
>>x= {12/08/98}
>>? month(x)
>>set date mdy
>>x= {12/08/98}
>>? month(x)
But we should be getting 8 and 12...