[Wraithchilde]

Thanks for the answer. That clarified what goes on behind the field well.

There is another solution, which is to type "10/2006", but you have to
understand the people I'm working with. Typing the extra two digits increases
the complexity of their job (in their mind) such that they might ask for a
raise. In the least they'll probably ask me to write a macro that will handle
the date so they can continue to enter only the minimum number of digits.