>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a grid in a Form, the grid have 1 col. is date field.
>>the Format property of the date is 'D', I set the date to british (dd/mm/yyyy)
>>When the grid display the records, the date is in dd/mm/yyyy format,
>>but when I click the record the date change to mm/dd/yy format.
>>
>>Why ?
>>
>>Please help me to fix it.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>Derek
>
>Have you tried putting the following statements in the main program file:
>
>SET DATE BRITISH
>SET CENTURY ON
>
>that way from that point onward the date format will be specified as dd/mm/yyyy

Might need to SET SYSFORMATS OFF to be sure you are getting the Century and Date formats you want.