>>>>>>Does the earlier versions of Foxpro store only 8 digits?
>>>>>
>>>>>In the dbf file a date is stored always on 8 characters (digits on the
>>>>>format YYYYMMDD). What earlier versions? I am sure that this is like that
>>>>>at least from 2.0.
>>>>
>>>>This goes back to dBase - the .dbf format has always had dates like
>>>>this. Kind of thought of the problem 20+ years in advance.
>>>
>>>Does it mean that if I substract two dates across Y2K in FPW26, there won't be any problem?
>>
>>That's correct.
>
>Do I have to make sure I SET CENTURY ON?

Not for the substraction.

Vlad