>>FoxPro stores dates internally as the number of days since a start date (somewhere around 4000 B.C., I forget). DateTimes are stored as that day number plus a decimal part representing how much of the day has passed.
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>It appears to be somewhere around 4700 BC. What's the significance of that time period?

I remember that I've read what the significance is, but for the life of me I can't remember what it is. Something to do with the occurrence of some astrological phenomenon, as well as I can remember. It's mentioned on some of the web sites which talk about what Julian dates are. I remember when I did my search for that info some months ago that some of them specifically mentioned which date xBase languages counted from, and why.

Gee, that was a useful answer, wasn't it?

Cheers,
Rich.