>>Try this:
>>
>> SET DATE TO AMERICAN
>> dVal = {01/01/1998}
>>
>>
>>What you get is an empty date if this code is run in a .PRG, but it works fine from the command window. I've already done a workaround, using dVal = CTOD('01/01/1998'), but this seems strange. A generic point of interest: if you place a MESSAGEBOX call between the SET DATE TO and the use of the date constant, it works fine!
>>
>>Fred Taylor
>Better try "set date to mdy" instead of american.
>cetin


I just tied this again with your MDY suggestion and it works! However, now so does SET DATE TO AMERICAN. Hmm, not the first time I've run into strange behavior with VFP.

Fred