FIX: SET CENTURY OFF Turns 02/29/2000 into Invalid Date

 Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q132864
3.00 WINDOWS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Issuing the command SET CENTURY OFF causes the date 02/29/2000 to be invalid if it is stored to a date field in a table.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. In the Command window, type:

    SET CENTURY ON CREATE TABLE test (date d) APPEND

  2. Type 02/29/2000 into the new record.

  3. Press CTRL+W to save the record.

  4. In the Command window, type:

    SET CENTURY OFF BROWSE

  5. Select the record that shows the 02/29/00 date, and press ENTER

An "Invalid Date" error message appears in a WAIT WINDOW at the top right of the Visual FoxPro desktop.

This problem does not occur in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.x.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin fixlist3.00b buglist3.00
KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: FxprgSet
Keywords : FxprgSet kbbuglist kbfixlist kbprg
Version : 3.00
Platform : WINDOWS
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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