>What would cause this and how could I fix it?
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>I am trying to assign a date value to a variable like so:
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>cWkStart = {16/12/2002 00:00:00}
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>And when I check the value, cWkStart is blank. I tried set date to dmy, but that doesn't work.
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>Thanks.
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>Jolene

You can use this format:

cWkStart = {^2002/12/16 00:00:00}

This will avoid any conflict with the STRICTDATE setting.