Thanks for the ideas Fabio. I tried testing for null but since this variable is used throughout the app and it is initialized with a value of 0 it is never null.
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>Yes, but I still needed Sergey's resolution to determine if the user entered 00 or if he/she just stepped through the textbox without entering any value because 00 will convert to 2000 and no value equates to 0 in a numeric textbox and I needed it to return the current year.
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>If you use NULL for not input, is more simple trap it:
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>* on init/refresh/gotfocus
>* you can see the default value
>this.NullDisplay = TRANS(YEAR(DATE()),"@R [ 9999 ]")
>* validation
> YEAR(NVL(CTOD('1/1/'+m.value),DATE()))
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>Only a suggestion.
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