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Year 2000 problem
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05/11/1997 13:58:40
 
 
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04/11/1997 20:27:29
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Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
00056343
Message ID:
00058442
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>>>>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.
>
>I know it was like that in dBase, but I never used FoxPro previous 2.0. :)
>
>Is there any database product that takes care of the Y10K problem? :)
>
>Vlad


YIKES!!! ROFL!!!

I think you found a problem! BTW...VFP will support years up to 9999
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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