>>>Do you have any suggestion on the best way to go about programming for the problem??
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>>Klas,
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>>1) Don't use date constants
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>Just made me wonder, is there a format code for a Transform function which would give a date string in a strict date format?
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>I'm thinking of something shorthand for
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>set date ymd
>set cent on
>cStrictDateExpr="{^"+transform(date(), "@R 9999-99-99")+"}"
>set cent &oldCent
>set date &oldDate

Curious- why would you need this? If you have a date value already created in a variable, then it is not ambigous. Only constants are. The strict date format is not meant for user display...