As some other threads recently have indicated, VFP is pretty much alone in the concept of empty dates. In other environments such as SQL Server, if there is no date, it must be NULL.

PF

>I have a table with an empty date column that I tried to convert to an ADO recordset using the VFPCOM CursortoRS method. However, the RS date field was populated with today's date, which was a little surprising.
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>Just thought somebody else might find that info useful....