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Dates are not as expected To avoid confusion when entering dates, always use four-digit years. • Check the date formatting applied to the field. See Specifying formats for date fields. • Make sure dates are entered into fields of type date. Choose File menu > Manage > Database, click the Fields tab, and check the field type of the field. • Use field validation to prevent the wrong dates from being entered. For more information, see Defining field validation. • Dates could have been entered before field validation options were added to the file. Related topics Working with data in date fields Opening files with different system formats