>Dear Fred,
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>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?
You could also try setting the Cnetury property of the textbox in the grid. Either way, let's see what all 4 digits of the year are.