>I am trying to convert these strings to a date - tried for 022301
>date(val("20"+ right(prinpxdate,2)),val(left(prinpxdate,2)),val(substr(prinpxdate,3,2)))

? Ctod((Transform("022301", "@R 99/99/9999")))

>and for 03312001 - date(val(right(to),4)),val(left(to,2)), val(substr(to,3,2)))

? Ctod((Transform("03312001", "@R 99/99/9999")))

As you can see the same code will convert both. It'll work if SET STRICTDATE is set to 1 or lower.