>Larry,
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>This is not a bug!!!!!
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>The date constants are compiled based on the set date setting at compile time and not based on the set date in the program.
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>Using strictdate (which does work in VFP 5) remove any date confusion. {^YYYY/MM/DD}
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>Any other date system introduces the possibility of set date confusion.
What about the situation where a user need to enter dates dd/mm/yyyy under one circumstance and then based another situation in mm/dd/yyyy format? The obvious choice would be to issue the SET DATE as needed. But you can't do that. Besides if it's not a bug why didn't M$ make it only a setup parameter for use in the CONFIG.FPW file and not an actual command?