Robert wrote: "The last build does not work : cannot read rec file OSWEGO for example Any idea ??"

This is a marvellous example of why end-users should participate in testing.

It turns out that the version of OSWEGO.REC I am testing on has been updated with EpiData. When I do so all date fields are changed to full length dates including year. So I did not see the error. I can see now that with the original OSWEGO.REC I get the same error as indicated by Robert.

Lesson learned: Make sure that testing includes types of error that you do not want to happen.

In practice. We will from now on include a test of how analysis treats files with all the variable formats of Epi6. Even the ones we "abandoned", such as 2 digit year or dates without year. Rules from EpiData for these types of dates will be included in next build. (Extending to 4 digit years and adding current year to fields without year)

regards

Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association