>>Hi! Jim!
>>
>>you can try the following:
>>
>>ldDate = {31.03.97}
>>lcSeparator = substr(dtoc(ldDATE),3,1)
>>ldBegDate =CTOD([01]+lcSeparator+substr(dtoc(ldDate),4))
>>ldEndDate = gomonth(ldBegDate,1)-1
>>
>>May be it be it not so short but it always return correct result...
>
>It will work as long as the year is not the first part.

It will work as long as the day is the first part. :)

Vlad