Hiya John ----

You could, using the Valid event, test for "12:00:00 AM" with the following:
(Assumes tDateTime is the ControlSource)

IF TTOC(tDateTime,2) = "12:00:00 AM"
   WAIT WIND "Hey!  No time entered!"
   RETURN .F.
ENDIF
RETURN .T.

>i have three fields in my table date , hour and minute. but instead of keeping three fields , i am more interested to keep single datetime field. but problem in datetime is if user does not enter time ,then it takes vfp's default time(midnight time). what i should do ? should i keep three fields separate?because hour and minute fields would be character and it requires validations for proper value
>thankyou
>john still