>Fred:
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>>? EMPTY({^2001/06/31})
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>The above on my system generates an error "Date/Datetime evaluated to an invalid date". I don't know whether this happens on your system? However, if this is the behaviour you expected, Jill's solution provides a boolean return value for valid date/invalid date without the need for error trapping.
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>Thanks.


Works fine on my system: VFP6/SP5 with SET STRICTDATE TO 0. With STRICTDATE set to 1 or 2, it fails.