Sure, you're right.
Even MsSql supports that format. I used it in ASP applications.

C.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Alba [mailto:jalba@...]
> Sent: Sábado 8 de Julio de 2000 18:14
>
> Interbase does not recognize the SDF representation for dates which is
> YYYYMMDD. This is quite important because XBase could easily
> throw external
> files to IB, using a
>
> COPY TO myExternal.txt SDF
>
> command. (For purposes of Migration, coordination with legacy software,
> etc...
>
> Joseph Alba
> jalba@....