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."
>
>>Can someone explain this to me, or does it only happen to me.
>>
>>VFP7, StrictDate = 0
>>

Set Date Short  && MM/dd/yyyy on my system
>>? 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
>>

>>
>>Alan