>So it isn't the COM spec or standard that is forcing this? So potentially we could ask the FoxTeam to change this?

oops, I think I wasn´t clear. :)
This issue is outside the domains of the FoxTeam. Look, this came from Randy:

"The only date type supported by COM is VT_DATE. Therefore, in VFP, we have to map our date and datetime types to VT_DATE when creating a COM server. So, this is really a COM issue."

so, for my understanding, if you´re expecting a "date" parameter in your COM server, you´ll need to manually remove the "time" part. And, if you´re expecting a "date" return from a method, you´ll also need to treat that manually. :(