>>Does the system itself register 1/3/2000? i.e., is the problem with the OS itself, or with FoxBase... Date() is merely a system call....
>Yes, the date is working fine from Sco UNIX Open Server 5.05. It is only from Foxbase that the date() return empty.

Eric,
Have you applied the lastest patches to Unix. We have one FoxBase application that runs on Sco Unix. The guy that supports it recently had to apply a patch to Unix because of a problem with dates and FoxBase. I believe it was the same problem you are having. I remember him saying something about empty dates, but I'm not sure if it was the DATE() function. He won't be in until 10:00PM tonight. You can e-mail him to find out. scott.moore@citicorp.com