diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 91288c387b..9671efc330 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
    Entries may not always be in chronological/commit order.
    See license at the end of file. */
 
+2026-09-01 14:29 UTC+0200 Kamil Przybylski (kprzybylski quay.pl)
+  * contrib/hbfbird/tfirebrd.prg
+    ! fixed TFbQuery:FieldGet() returning an empty date for every DATE
+      column in SQL dialect 3. FBGetData() formats SQL_TYPE_DATE as
+      "YYYY-MM-DD ", so the positional slicing picked up the separators
+      and hb_SToD() rejected the result. Strip them instead, which does
+      not depend on where they sit
+
 2026-08-27 20:22 UTC+0200 Aleksander Czajczynski (hb fki.pl)
   * contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
   * contrib/3rd/sqlite3/sqlite3.diff
diff --git a/contrib/hbfbird/tfirebrd.prg b/contrib/hbfbird/tfirebrd.prg
index 7c8939472b..4eeece91dd 100644
--- a/contrib/hbfbird/tfirebrd.prg
+++ b/contrib/hbfbird/tfirebrd.prg
@@ -702,7 +702,10 @@ METHOD FieldGet( nField ) CLASS TFbQuery
 
       ELSEIF cType == "D"
          IF result != NIL
-            result := hb_SToD( Left( result, 4 ) + SubStr( result, 5, 2 ) + SubStr( result, 7, 2 ) )
+            /* FBGetData() formats SQL_TYPE_DATE as "YYYY-MM-DD ", so the
+               separators have to go before hb_SToD(), which is strictly
+               positional and expects a bare "YYYYMMDD" */
+            result := hb_SToD( StrTran( AllTrim( result ), "-" ) )
          ELSE
             result := hb_SToD()
          ENDIF