DETAILS A date map that starts with "E" will force the entered date to match the datemap exactly. The E is not a part of the format but indicates that the remainder of the string is an exact map. This prevents dates being entered as a single digit and defaulting to the current year. EXAMPLE PROGRAM program Date d ('ddmmyy') Date d1 ('dd/mm/yy') Date e ('Eddmmyy') Date e1 ('Edd/mm/yy') Compute d='011206' Compute d1='011206' Compute e='011206' Compute e1='011206' write d d1 e e1 Compute d='01/12/06' Compute d1='01/12/06' Compute e='01/12/06' Compute e1='01/12/06' write d d1 e e1 Compute d='1 12 6' Compute d1='1 12 6' Compute e='1 12 6' Compute e1='1 12 6' write d d1 e e1 end program WORKAROUND In PQLForms you could use an editin clause to check the format of the entered string to see that it specified the whole date.