Your date component extraction functions should use RHT instead of LFT.
For today's date, ![LFT("0!HPDATE",2] will resolve to ![LFT("011",2)], or
"01" instead of "11".

Lee Gunter          [log in to unmask]




From: [log in to unmask] on 05/11/98 12:45 PM

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Subject:  HPDATE INCORRECT




:SETVAR
GFILE,"CD"+"!HPYEAR"+"![LFT("0!HPMONTH",2)]"+"![LFT("0!HPDATE",2)]"
00003000
:SETVAR
GFILE2,"C2"+"!HPYEAR"+"![LFT("0!HPMONTH",2)]"+"![LFT("0!HPDATE",2)]"
00004000
:PURGE !GFILE
                                               00005000
PURGE CD980501
      ^
This executed this morning the 11th of May.
Should say CD980511
??????
Stephen  Johnson