The DATE format in the Pending Labels Database and the Reports Wizard database is programmed as dd mmm yyyy. And, it can not be changed within the Pending Labels Database or the Reports Wizard Database. So, if you wanted to have a totally different Date Field APPEARANCE on your Labels/QSL Cards/Reports, you CAN do it as follows: Please NOTE: You can modify these examples to obtain whatever particular FORMAT you might want. On this page, I will provide an example of how to use 'Roman Numerals' instead of spelling the MONTH with three characters (i.e. DEC): (1) If you want the DATE Field to look like   '  08. XII .2000, as an example of how 08 DEC 2000 would look using 'Roman Numerals', when you go into the Label Designer Module and make the DATE Field, "instead" of just programming the variable DATE, you would program the 'Properties' of the Date Field as: Left$(DATE,2)+"."+If(Mid$(DATE,3,3)="DEC" ," XII " ," XII ")+"."+Right$(DATE,4) -- and -- you would program the 'Appearance Condition' of that Date Field as: Mid$(DATE,3,3)="DEC" Now, that takes care of the month of DECEMBER (DEC). Then you would INSERT 'another' DATE Text Box Field (right on top of the previous DATE Field), but in the Properties, you would change the "DEC" to "NOV", and Appearance Condition of this Text Box would be "NOV" vice "DEC". You would do this same procedure for EACH MONTH of the calendar. This may seem to be very involved; BUT, you will achieve the Date Format that you want!