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Q113526: PRB: Can’t Enter Valid Date with SET DATE and @ … GET Date

Article: Q113526
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbvfp kbvfp300 kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600
Last Modified: 12-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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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.

From this point forward, you cannot enter a valid date; instead, the error
message "Invalid Date" will always be returned.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbvfp kbvfp300 kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro250cMac kbFoxPro200DOS kbFoxPro250DOS kbFoxPro250aDOS kbFoxPro250bDOS kbFoxPro260DOS kbFoxPro260 kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Issue type        : kbprb

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