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  1. turvillevalley

    dBase III - indexing on date

    Thanks dbMark - Your are correct, db III goes Way back, 1985, at least! Unfortunately there's no Century to set! Also it only has DTOC, not DTOS. So, it looks like the work-around which TVIMAN suggested is the best bet. In fact, the work around works well, luckily for me. All the best, Chris
  2. turvillevalley

    dBase III - indexing on date

    Thanks TVIMAN, Being impatient I actually ended up using DTOC as a work around, a pretty tedious one, but it seems to have worked. That said, it's nice to know that my train of thought was on a similar track to somebody else. Thanks for your help. Best regards, Chris
  3. turvillevalley

    dBase III - indexing on date

    My dBase Bible tells me that if I index on date (MM/DD/YY)I'll end up with a list sorted by Month, first. It then says I should ... index on $(Date,7,2) ... which translates as "Index on the last two characters in the date starting with the 7th character" The trouble is I get told this is a...

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