I think the problem might be with the dashes. Try formatting your dates
yyyymmdd instead of yyyy-mm-dd.

regards,
Stefan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jared Potter" <jpotter@mercycorps.org>
To: "Greenstone (E-mail)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:42 PM
Subject: Problems with date metadata

> Hello there,
>
> I seem to be having some problems with the way my dates are read. I am
> using the format of yyyy-mm-dd and it spits it out something like this:
>
> 1- _textmonth-1_ 2001
>
> any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jared Potter
> Mercy Corps
> www.mercycorps.org
>
>