CTOT() only understand datetime in the format that TTOC() creates.
>I have 2 character fields
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>dater (10ch) holds date
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>Timer (5ch) holds time
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>I create a datetime field by following
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>replace fstat with CTOT(dater+" "+timer)
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>It doesn't always work - especially in the morning - what am I doing wrong?
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>Colin
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