Hi Ric,

I just ran you code on my PC and it is working fine. EMPTY(CTOD(lcHolder1)) returns .F.
VFP 6 SP5.

>Hi Everyone.....
>
>Could someone please explain why this is not working:
>
>

>lcHolder1 = "01/01/2002"
>
>*-- Do a cursory check for a proper date format
>lcSetDate = SET("DATE")
>SET DATE TO BRITISH
>*-- just the way we want it....
>IF EMPTY(CTOD(lcHolder1))
>
> *-- This must be an error
>
>ELSE
>
> *-- This should be okay, so compare some dates....
>
>ENDIF
>
>

>
>This above always says lcHolder1 is EMPTY.
>Even putting quotes

IF EMPTY(CTOD("lcHolder1"))....

>
>So how do I validate a date format before I do my date comparisons???
>
>TIA
>
>Ric