Fred,
It's so easy to forget an "un" here and there. I'm glad you knew what I meant even if my fingers didn't type it! (It's been a tough week.)

Rick

>Ambiguous? Looks pretty constant to me? < s >
>
>Thanks for the validation that my mind's not entirely shot (yet).
>
>>Well the ambiguous format ({^2003/10/01}) works in 5.0a (SP3)!
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>>>>>

MyDate = {01/10/2003}   && format depends on SET DATE
>>>>>>* or in VFP6 and later you can use strict date literal
>>>>>>MyDate = {^2003/10/01}
>>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>I believe the strictdate syntax was in VFP5, too.
>>>>
>>>>I don't have VFP installed anymore so I couldn't check. :)
>>>
>>>I'm not positive, either. VFP5 is at home, so I can't verify it, other than my memory (a not too reliable resource, I must admit).