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

ID: Q132864

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 query words: VFoxWin fixlist3.00b buglist3.00

Keywords : FxprgSet
Version : 3.00
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: August 12, 1999
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