>>On my system (VFP8, WinXp) it works properly for everything except Set Date Short
>>and Set Date Long
>
>Actually, it's "proper" there too. From the SET DATE docs:
>
>Note When SET DATE is set to SHORT or LONG, a date before {^1601-01-01} is invalid and generates an error.

Hi Garrett.

Yeah, I didn't check it. I suppose there is a good reason for it, but I can't imagine what it is. Any explanation for this though?:

Set Date Short
? Year(Date(1600, 12, 31))
1600

Alan