>>>>>>>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?
>
>SET CENTURY ON only affects the way the date displays not the
>actual value.
>
>Dan

It also affects the result of DTOC(), TDOC(), DMY().

Vlad