>Hi all.
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> I'm looking for a solution to the following problem. A date prior to 1930 (ie. 01/01/1922) will mail merge into my Word document as January 1, 2022! I'm using VFP6 and provide Word (MS Office 97 SR-2) with my data in a FOX2X format. Any help would be appreciated.
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>Thanks.
Michel,
You have to identify on which side the problem is.
As for VFP dates are always in 8 digit format. But the way your date is exported to the mail merge might be ambiguous and Word might have to guess about how you are feeding it.
José