>>2 or 4 digits on screen are not so critical as long as data integrity supported. It's not a big deal to utilize Textbox.Century property and have 4-digits for some wider (or occasional) range dates and 2-digits for dates rigidly controlled by ROLLOVER clause.
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>Ed, I hope you are right. But in my experience with VFP 5.0b, if you enter a date with a 2 digit year and given the following:
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>SET CENTURY OFF
>SET CENTURY TO 19 ROLLOVER 5
>Century property set to 2 - Default
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>this is what happens. If I enter 99/02/01 and I Tab back to the field, I see 99/02/01. If I enter 00/02/01 and Tab back to the field, I see 2000/02/01. So the system forces a 4 digit year for dates >= {2000/01/01}.
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>Do you see something different?
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>Joe

I have MM/DD/YY, but basically I see exactly what you say.