VFP is designed to process dates from the 17th. century and later, only. The reason is that shortly before this - 1582, IIRC - there was the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. 10 days were omitted, to make Spring start, once again, on March 21. This can cause some confusion (which calendar to use?), and this probably explains the decision not to use dates before the 17th. century.
(1) "What happened in Rome between October 4 and October 15, 1582?" (Answers at the end.)
(2) "In what month is the October Revolution celebrated?"
>Hi--
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>If you issue SET DATE SHORT, VFP no longer handles any dates before
>{^1601-01-01}. It throws an DATE/DATETIME EVALUATED TO AN INVALID VALUE any time you attempt to use a date prev to 1601 in any way.
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>Are any of you Microsoft guys aware of the problem so it can get fixed?
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>Thanks,
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>Dennis
(1) Nothing, those days didn't exist. This was the transition period.
(2) In November. Russians were still using the Julian Calendar at the beginning of the 19th. century.
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