>>>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.
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>If you're using VFP6, maybe you could set the date fields .Century property to 0 in the .GotFocus method, and reset it to 1 in the .LostFocus method. That way it would show as 4 digit years when the control did not have the focus, but allow you to enter just the 2 digit years. Would that work for you?

Not sure. I don't have VFP 6.0.

Take care,
Joe

Joseph C. Kempel
Systems Analyst/Programmer
JNC