>>If for display only then simply set controlsource to '(ttod(alias.fieldname))'
>>In VFP8 you could use CursorAdapter.CursorSchema to set the datatype as date.
>>Cetin
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>Cetin,
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>Thank you for responding. The field is actually for display and input. Is there a way to do this in VFP7? It would be our preference to finish this particular project in version 7 before going ahead with changing over to 8.
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>Laterness,
>Jon

With SPT I don't know. RV yes - change datatype to date.
Cetin