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>>>Are you really sure about the number 9051840 as a representation of {^2005-03-18}?
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>>Well it all displays ok when i run your code.
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>>Yes, i am sure about the representation for that date with the number 9051840 ( the string to be exact ).
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>Can you give a few other paired examples of this discrepancy between SQL dates and their VFP values?


9286560 --> 28/8/2005
9329760 --> 27/9/2005
9280800 --> 24/8/2005
9324000 --> 23/9/2005