Try BI Development then Andy, I just had 3 days ago a flat file on my table with dates in length of 3 to 6 Digits (102 = 20000102, wee!), usual Extract has about 6  - 7 Steps before things get into the first table, with this I had 9 steps just to cleanse the date into a useable date. And better not to mention the fact that you might have Pre-2000 Data so you can't simply ("20"+ [ColName]) for that case either...