I don't know why but I am getting dates (years) that are outside of the bounds of my SQL statement shown below. Why is the YEAR function not working? Neither statement below works within the date range I wanted.

SELECT ;
		 " " AS CheckOff, a.grpid, a.grpnum, b.lastname, b.firstname, b.dob, a.Hist, a.PlanKey, a.Status, a. Renewal, ;
		a.ptd ;
	FROM grpextcv  a ;
	JOIN grpextin b ON a.grpid+a.grpnum=b.grpid+b.grpnum ;
	WHERE a.Hist="99" AND ;
		SUBSTR(DTOC(a.ptd), 7, 4) >= "1997" AND SUBSTR(DTOC(a.ptd), 7, 4) <= "2009" AND INLIST(a.Status, "A, B") ;
		ORDER BY a.grpid, a.grpnum ;
	INTO CURSOR tmpActiveBefore2009

SELECT ;
		 " " AS CheckOff, a.grpid, a.grpnum, b.lastname, b.firstname, b.dob, a.Hist, a.PlanKey, a.Status, a. Renewal, ;
		a.ptd ;
	FROM grpextcv  a ;
	JOIN grpextin b ON a.grpid+a.grpnum=b.grpid+b.grpnum ;
	WHERE a.Hist="99" AND ;
		BETWEEN(YEAR(a.ptd), 1997, 2009) AND INLIST(a.Status, "A, B") ;
		ORDER BY a.grpid, a.grpnum ;
	INTO CURSOR tmpActiveBefore2009