Subject Re: date settings From Mustansir Ghor <mustan31@hotmail.com> Date Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:50:43 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Dear Ken Sir Very True. But in Form for an entryfield I got diffrent. Regards Mustansir Ken Mayer Wrote: > On 1/1/2021 9:11 AM, Mustansir Ghor wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I have an entryfield set to blank date and on form open i assign to > > current date. In the onchange event it gave followings results (At form > > open date is set to british) > > > > ?this.value > > 01/01/20201 > > > > set date to ymd > > > > ?this.value > > 2006/07/14 > > > > How or what is the conversion formula here. > > Not sure what you're doing, but in the command window I did: > > d={01/01/2021} > ? d > set date to ymd > ? d > > > And the results were: > > 01/01/2021 > 2021/01/01 > > Which is exactly as expected. > > Ken > > > -- > *Ken Mayer* > Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase > The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp > dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm > dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm