> I seem to recall that there is a simple formula for converting a > date in MMDDYY format to YYMMDD; i.e. something like: > > YYMMDD_date = MMDDYY_date * some_number YYMMDD_date = MMDDYY_date * 1000001L / 100 % 1000000L; Dave Decot Hewlett-Packard Company hpda!decot