>>>BOb
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>>I have 'set century off' in my base class load event for private datasessions. I wish it was that easy but that's not the problem. See Jim's reply.
>>But thanks anyway Bob :-)
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>Well, what you are saying happens, doesn't happen to me. Perhaps you shoulc check SET SYSFORMATS and make sure that is set to OFF. You might also want to check SET DATE and also check the DateFormat property of the controls that you are using.
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>BOb

In a textbox it only happens in VFP5 if the date is after year 1999. In both VFP5 and 6 if you browse a file with a date field you'll see the full date automatically expand whenever you enter/select the date field despite SET CENTURY OFF. My SET SYSFORMATS is OFF and I've checked various date formats. The others (eg Jim B) seem to agree that the 4 digits show up too.
Strange.