>>>>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

set century to 19 rollover 99

if not resort to default format {mm/dd/yy}
and have another field with drop down values
from ...16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20... to couple
the yy of the date. this also means more
programmatic codes.