> >From the nimble fingers of Robert Purves >(robert.purves@...) (28/10/2000 1:30 AM) came... > > > > >>>> Here's another way, that makes the string returned by DATE$ reflect your > > I mis-spoke, there _is_ a Step 2. Save the file UserFloatPrefs before > > testing the DATE$ statement. > > > > I get: > > > > 10/28/00 without _FBUseNewTimeDateFormat > > 28/10/00 with _FBUseNewTimeDateFormat > > > > Robert P. > >This "UserFloatPrefs" thing, on my box is a file with one line - commented >out at that: >///_RoundUpFloat2Long = _true /// Un-remark to round up Float >to Integer > >below that line I added: > >_FBUseNewTimeDateFormat = 1''27/10/2000 at 12:55 PM new from RP > >Even tucked in credit where credit is due, as you can see, and she still >says, today, "10/28/00". > >Is this something that some Redneck has decided that Canadians don't >deserve? >-- >Ted Spencer; ted@... >519 289 5900 FAX 519 289 5717 >-- >I have come to suspect that my graduation from High School was more a matter >of Pardon than Promotion. Now change your date/time prefs :) Best, -STAZ ~)~ 800.348.2623 Orders http://www.stazsoftware.com 228.255.7086 FAX mailto:staz@...