>I also get an empty date if I issue
>GOMONTH( 12/31/00, -2976 )
>This would take it into 1952.
>

You mean it should take it to 1752?

>GOMONTH( { 01/17/1953 }, -1 )
>works properly
>

Yeah, 1952 works fine, the problem happens when the result would be prior to 1/1/1753