Jim, Add NULLSEPARATOR before the equals sign. Regards, Robert W.Mills (Windsong Services) PS: Join the Powerhouse list for a more informed response to your questions. Send an email to [log in to unmask] with "subscribe powerh-l" in the message body. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Mc Coy [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 9:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Quiz question Does anyone know how to output this field to a subfile without slashes in the date? (YYMMDD instead of YY/MM/DD) DEF NEW-BODATE DATE FORMAT YYMMDD = & DATE(DAYS(BODATE) + 6) IF BODATE <> 0 ELSE 0 Thanks.