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   Joseph Misko to All   
   String to Date Conversion Error   
   18 Dec 08 16:48:08   
   
   From: pnews@sendto.org   
      
   I have a script that has been working for years. It is on a machine that   
   needed some rehaul due to a virus (I did not do the rehaul). Everything is   
   clean and otherwise working as before for a few weeks now.   
      
   In the script, I build a string based on criteria that is later converted to   
   a date. In this case the string is "07/01/2008" and I am getting the   
   following errors on the stack in Paradox X3.   
      
   (1) Date:Proc:Date: The value of the parameter, 'value', is not legal.   
   Cannot convert parameter to a date.   
      
   (2) Could not convert data of type 'String' to type Date'. The types are   
   mismatched or the values are incompatible.   
      
   (3) Invalid character: 07/01/20"0"8   
      
   So, it obviously does not like the third digit in a four digit year, but I   
   have never had this problem before with four digit years. I have already   
   verified that the BDE is set to FOURDIGITYEAR (TRUE). Must be some other   
   mysterious setting.   
      
   Has anyone seen this before?   
      
   Many thanks, --Joe   
      
   P. S. I guess there is a bit of Paradox trivia in message #2. I did type it   
   correctly and the first single quote before Date is missing. Guess that   
   coding/formatting issue was never picked up.   
      
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