>I agree that the user should be able to select the way he want to enter dates.
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>The user can still enter 01/01/01 with SET CENTURY ON and a ROLLOVER if SET DATE TO MDY or DMY.
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>>Why not? If you have SET CENTURY TO nCentury ROLLOVER nRolloverYear then an 8 character date field respects the right century. In fact, it's easier on the user to enter 01/01/01 for Jan 1, 2001 AS LONG AS the application can always determine the proper century.

I always have room to enter the 4 digit year, but the user is free to enter only 2 digits if they so desire. If the ROLLOVER setting doesn't yield the right date for them, then they must enter the 4 digit year.