>Kevin pointed out that you need to declare the data types. I usually quote the dates with this format.
>
>

>DECLARE @Last_Date  datetime
>DECLARE @Last_Time time 
>
>SET @Last_Date='1899-12-30 00:00:00'
>SET @Last_Time='00:00:00'
>

>
>There may be a date setting that will accept the date you used?
>
>Sql Anywhere also will accept ansi standard syntax instead of T-Sql. A small example.
>
>

>begin 
>DECLARE @Last_Date  datetime;
>DECLARE @Last_Time time ;
>
>SET @Last_Date='1899-12-30 00:00:00' ;
>SET @Last_Time='00:00:00' ;
>if <some condition> then 
>
>end if ;
>
>end 
>

Thanks