>Dear Fred,
>
>No, the field is a legitimate date field. It is displayed in a grid with the column and textbox set to controlsource MyField, and no ImputMask. Perhaps the DateFormat of the textbox in the grid should beset to something other than the default?

Then are you sure you're dates are 2000 and not 1900? Dates work just fine. Try SET CENTURY ON before you display your grid so you can see all 4 digits of the year.