PRB: Can't Enter Valid Date with SET DATE and @ ... GET Date

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6
• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c

SYMPTOMS

When you are entering a date with the date format specified as yy/mm/dd and CENTURY set to ON, you cannot enter a valid date.

RESOLUTION

Regardless of the desire for the short date format of yy/mm/dd with SET DATE ANSI and SET CENTURY ON, you must enter the date in the format:

   2001/02/18. 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. In the Command window, issue the following commands:

   
         x=DATE()
         SET DATE ANSI
         SET CENTURY ON
         @ 1,1 GET x
         READ CYCLE 




2. Type "01" (without the quotation marks) and press the ENTER key.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVFp kbVFp300 kbVFp300b kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbVFp600 FoxWin
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Issue type : kbprb