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A date question is one to which the answer is a date and is stored like an integer as YYYYMMDD.

The program automatically allocates a width of 8 digits to hold the number:

•the first 4 digits hold the year

•the next 2 digits hold the month

•the last 2 digits hold the day

You can set a range of valid dates.

The answer value will be stored in the data locations allocated.

The program will only allow valid dates to be entered for a date question.

A data check report will error questions with a date out of range.

TIP: date questions that are filtered past or have been skipped will be treated as "undefined" in arithmetic calculations.