diff --git a/parsers/survex.py b/parsers/survex.py
index 1214e0c..15a4c67 100644
--- a/parsers/survex.py
+++ b/parsers/survex.py
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ class LoadingSurvex:
         but inheriting dates across *include files is almost certainly NOT
         expected behaviour, even though it is syntactically "correct",
         so triggers a Warning.
+        
+        In fact, rather than give a warning, I think this is where troggle should diverge from
+        a strict interpretation of how survex works. So I will change this so that *date
+        is NOT inherited between different files.
         """
         if survexblock.parent.name == "troggle_unseens":
             # Bolluxed up if we try to inherit from this random junk, so don't.
@@ -429,27 +433,30 @@ class LoadingSurvex:
                 # parser="survex", message=message, url=None, sb=(survexblock.survexfile.path) # child
             # )
             if survexblock.survexfile != survexblock.parent.survexfile:
-                 # This is noteworthy, however.
+                # This is noteworthy, however. FORBID inheriting dates between files. NOT documented survex behaviour !!
+                survexblock.date = None
+                self.currentdate = None # unecessary duplication
+                return None
            
-                if survexblock.parent.name == "rootblock":
-                    # Not a sensible thing to inherit a date from, even if a date exists, which it shouldn't...
-                    message = (
-                       f"- No *date. But not sensible to inherit from rootblock. From ({survexblock.parent})-{survexblock.parent.survexfile.path} to ({survexblock})-{survexblock.survexfile.path} {self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}"
-                     )
-                    print(self.insp + message)
-                    # stash_data_issue(
-                        # parser="survex", message=message, url=None, sb=(survexblock.survexfile.path) 
+                # if survexblock.parent.name == "rootblock":
+                    # # Not a sensible thing to inherit a date from, even if a date exists, which it shouldn't...
+                    # message = (
+                       # f"- No *date. But not sensible to inherit from rootblock. From ({survexblock.parent})-{survexblock.parent.survexfile.path} to ({survexblock})-{survexblock.survexfile.path} {self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}"
+                     # )
+                    # print(self.insp + message)
+                    # # stash_data_issue(
+                        # # parser="survex", message=message, url=None, sb=(survexblock.survexfile.path) 
+                    # # )
+                    # return
+                # else:
+                    # message = (
+                        # f"- Warning *date '{self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}' INHERITED from DIFFERENT file:\n  ({survexblock.parent})-{survexblock.parent.survexfile.path} to ({survexblock})-{survexblock.survexfile.path} {self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}\n  {self.stackbegin} {self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}"
                     # )
-                    return
-                else:
-                    message = (
-                        f"- Warning *date '{self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}' INHERITED from DIFFERENT file:\n  ({survexblock.parent})-{survexblock.parent.survexfile.path} to ({survexblock})-{survexblock.survexfile.path} {self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}\n  {self.stackbegin} {self.inheritdate:%Y-%m-%d}"
-                    )
-                    print(self.insp + message)
-                    stash_data_issue(
-                        parser="survex", message=message, url=None, sb=(survexblock.parent.survexfile.path) # PARENT
-                    )
-                    return self.inheritdate
+                    # print(self.insp + message)
+                    # stash_data_issue(
+                        # parser="survex", message=message, url=None, sb=(survexblock.survexfile.path) # not the parent
+                    # )
+                    # return self.inheritdate
         else:
             # This is not an error in the Expo dataset. 
             # Many files just holding *include lines do not have dates.