I am reading an Access Database and printing records in VB. In some records the date may be blank and this is OK, for example "date shipped", not all orders are shipped yet. When I try to do ANYTHING with the date, i.e. move to a variable, if the date is Null, I get an error. So I test the date to see if there is anything in it. If there isn't I want to make it 0. But when I print it I get 12/30/99. If I date has nothing in it, how can I print it as nothing. It's not on a line by itself, there are several other fields, so it's difficult to not print it if it's blank.

Thanks

cruella69