It's probably a jdate. Look at the report to see if there is something like:
vVar = (jdate(.#date)) Ben Petersen On 12 Mar 2004 at 15:21, Jim Limburg wrote: > G-Day all > > In a DOS 6.5 database I run into a report that is > printing a variable that is a date field as a number > like 2192621. for yesterday. The data in the column > in the database is fine, or looks like it from the > Browse window. The variable is getting to the report OK. > > The variable is defined in the report as > SET VAR vshipdate = .vship > > It's code to run the report is: > > SET VAR whval0 TEXT > DIALOG 'Enter the Ship Date (MM/DD/YYYY):' whval0 whtemp 1 > SET LINES=60 > SET VAR vship DATE=.whval0 > OUTPUT PRINTER > PRINT shiplog WHERE shipdate = .whval0 + > ORDER BY refnum ASC > IF errvar <> 0 THEN > > I have checked the Date format and seqence and they look good > > I know I have seen this before, but can place my mind on the fix. > > Jim >
