Date problem

[CAsba]

Hi, I want to add one year to the current date and display it.
I tried

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put the date into tDate
   convert tDate to dateItems
   add 1 to item 1 of tdate
   convert tdate to abbrev date
   put abbrev date into fld "date" 

but all I got was today's (unchanged) date.
Any ideas why it didn't add the year to the abbrev date - it added it to the tdate before converting to abbrev date.

[Klaus]

Hi CAsba,

the last line is the culprit!
"the abbr date" will give you AGAIN the current date, but you want the vonverted content of tDate:

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put the date into tDate
convert tDate to dateItems
add 1 to item 1 of tdate
convert tdate to abbrev date
## put abbrev date into fld "date"
put tDate into fld "date" 

Best

Klaus

[CAsba]

Many thanks Klaus !