Claudio,

You have a couple of options;

1. SET STRICTDATE TO 0 to shut off VFPs date checking.
2. Use the {} delimiters for your date;

mybeautifuldate = {  /  /  }

The setting of strictdate is a potential problem as 0 because it allos you to use the CTOD() function which is dependant on the current SET DATE setting;

SET DATE BRITISH
?CTOD("11/12/01") is December 11, 2001
SET DATE AMERICAN
?CTOD("11/12/01") is November 12, 2001

Using a strictdate syntax insure that the set date setting is never an issue. The strictdate way is;

MyBeautifulDate = {^YYYY/MM/DD}