Thanks Sergey. For some strange reason, when I read the help, my eyes skipped right over that line.
It still seems weird though.
Alan
>VFP help explains that in SET DATE topic "When SET DATE is set to SHORT or LONG, a date before {^1601-01-01} is invalid and generates an error."
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>>Can someone explain this to me, or does it only happen to me.
>>
>>VFP7, StrictDate = 0
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Set Date Short
>>? DTOC({02/15/0200})
>>Error message : Date/Datetime evaluated to an invalid value
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>>Set Date American
>>? DTOC({02/15/0200})
>>02/15/0200
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>>Alan