Rena,
Be sure you are using 'DTOS(Datefield)' not DTOC() or date format in your index.

DTOC() is particularly bad because dtoc(datefield) appears differently depending on the user's Windows settings.

>Hi Cathy,
>
>Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your suggestion. The report does call a UDF in the page footer but it only
>formats the date printed information. However, I have discovered what I think is the problem. Earlier in the program
>a table is created and it is from that table that the report is printed. An index is created for the table that consists of
>several fields one of which is a date field. At the time the table is created an ORDER BY is also performed.. Just before
>the report is printed, there was a USE table-name INDEX table-idx. When I took off the INDEX part, it worked correctly.
>I have heard since discovering this that FoxPro/VFP doesn't deal well with date fields in an index. It appears that this
>is my problem.
>
>Thanks for you time and interest in helping me solve this problem.
>
>Rena
>
>PS. Ms Paltiel and Ms Peisch, I am forwarding this to you two ladies since you also had suggestions to help me
>solve this problem. My thanks to you too for your willingness to help me solve this problem.