>>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?

I'm thinking of something shorthand for

set date ymd
set cent on
cStrictDateExpr="{^"+transform(date(), "@R 9999-99-99")+"}"
set cent &oldCent
set date &oldDate