Microsoft KB Archive/141084

= DOCERR: How to Create a Blank DateTime Documented Incorrectly =

Article ID: 141084

Article Last Modified on 12/11/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q141084



SUMMARY
Page 32 of the "Developers Guide" states "To assign blank DateTime values, use braces with a colon." Based on the documentation, the following uses should generate blank datetime values, but they do not.

Method One
tBlankDate1 = {:} tBlankDate1 = { } &&blank space between brackets -or- STORE {:} TO tBlankDate1 STORE { } TO tBlankDate1 The result is "12/30/1899 12:00:00 AM" -- Not a blank DateTime.

Method Two
tBlankDate1 = {}  && no blank spaces between brackets tBlankDate1 = {/} -or- STORE {} TO tBlankDate1 STORE {/} TO tBlankDate1 The result is " / / " -- A blank date, but time is not showing.



MORE INFORMATION
To get a blank DateTime value use either of the following: tBlankDate1 = {/:} tBlankDate1 = {//:} -or- STORE {/:} TO tBlankDate1 STORE {//:} TO tBlankDate1 The result is " / / : : AM"

The incorrect references to assign a blank DateTime value are:


 * The Developers Guide refers to using {:} for assigning a blank DateTime.
 * The Help file refers to using {},{/},{ } for assigning a blank DateTime.

These references have been corrected in the Visual FoxPro 3.0b Help.

Additional query words: VFoxWin blank date time datetime

Keywords: KB141084

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