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Making CTOD() work in Europe
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01663465
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>Hi,
>
>As I go through my program, I see many places where I convert a string to date, using CTOD(), hard-coded with MM/DD/YYYY. But if the date is (for example), British ("DD/MM/YYYY") it won't work.
>
>How do you suggest I change all places that use CTOD() from hard-coded use of American date system to another?
>
>TIA

I have many places where the code is (when initializing a field to an empty date):
replace MyField with ctod('  /  /  ')
Do I understand correctly that the above will work regardless of the SET DATE TO and I don't need to change it?
TIA
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