>Could not make ctod('01/01/48') to return 01/01/1948
>
>Tried all possible combinations of set century...
>
>None of these commands changed this setting.
>set century on rollover 10
>?set('century',2)=52
>
>Help, please!
While you already got a satisfactory answer, may I suggest you forget about ctod()? At least if you use VFP 6 or later, it is safer to create dates with date(nYear, nMonth, nDay).
If, OTOH, you are still forced to use VFP 5 (or earlier), ctod() seems to be the only viable option.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)