>>>SET CENT TO VAL(LEFT(ALLT(STR(YEAR(DATE()))), 2))
>>>
>>>in my startup.prg. I didn't know about the little vfp5 bug when I submitted my Y2K docs, and said that vfp5 was compliant without SET CENTURY (whoops)...
>>
>>Set Cent to int(year(date())/100)
>
>You're right, that's shorter. I don't profess to being a date whiz :) I guess they're like puzzles to some of you, I see the contests to see who can get the shortest date function on the UT often :)

If you ever get to run a Fox conference, anytime you notice the number of messages is declining, just propose a date problem, like "how do I calculate third Friday in May", and wait for the avalanche.

It's actually a hobby for many of us. I remember I had to write twenty or fifty lines and a couple of tables of pre-calculated constants in Cobol, just to do something which is now an one-liner in Fox. No wonder I love it.