That matters A LOT, especially when you let the user to choose the date format.
There are 4 formats with the year first in FoxPro: ANSI, JAPAN, TAIWAN, YMD. Also, this is almost a standard here (as far as I can I say). :)

Vlad


>Hi Paul!
>
>I think that it doesn't matter ;), but I can't recall the date format where
>year is on the first place...
>
>Have a happy day
>Vladimir Shevchenko
>
>> This depends on SET DATE (and SET CENTURY if the year is on the first
>place
>> in SET DATE). :(