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15/09/1999 21:42:59
Cindy Winegarden
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00264453
Message ID:
00265312
Views:
23
Michelle,

I don't know. It is in FPD2.6 and FPW2.6. How will your system know that 00 is 2000 since CENTURY ON defaults to 20th century for 2-digit years.

You will need to write your own CTOD or use Christof's function. (Do you have it?)


>If it knows 00 is 2000, it shouldn't have a problem. What version did SET CENTURY TO start in?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michelle
>
>
>
>>Michelle,
>>
>>You will need something for February 29, 2000 since CTOD("02/29/00") will give an error.
>>
>>Something like:
>>
>>
>>IIF(CharacterDateField = "02/29/00", ;
>>    CTOD("02/29/2000"), CTOD(CharacterDateField))
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am trying to make an old 2.6 app Y2K compliant. What I would like to do is have it recognize 00 and up as 2000+, but not put the century in. They have character based dates, and I'm afraid if it sticks the century in that it won't work. Is this possible?
>>>
>>>They're 2 digit years and I'd like to keep them that way. Ambiguity is not a problem. All dates are either the current year or the previous year. All I really need is to have CTOD("01/01/00") (gr than sign) CTOD("12/31/99") be true.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Michelle
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