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SET CENTURY stuff
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00206098
Message ID:
00206476
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>>>If you show 4 digits, you have to enter 4 digits when you enter dates in the YMD format.
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>>>Joe
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>>Not true! You CAN enter only 2 digits, no matter what the format is.
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>Then why when I tab to a field that is showing 2001/01/02, and I enter the keystrokes 990501 does it not work? It tries to put the date 9905/01... into the field.

You must move between the segments manually. It WILL try to enter 4 digits for the year before it moves to the next segment. You can enter the value as < right arrow > < right arrow > 990501 and that will work. I didn't say it was easy... ;)
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

foxcentral.net
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