Getting the current date and time To get the current time, use the TIME$ command. PRINT TIME$ The above example returns "military" time. See the following figure: hour 00 = 12 a.m. (midnight) hours 01-11 = a.m. hours 12-23 = p.m. You can also use TIME$ to set the time. TIME$ = "15:30:00"  ' Sets current time to 3:30 p.m. Date To find out the current date, use the DATE$ function. PRINT DATE$ Like TIME$, you can also set the date. DATE$ = "01/01/2000" TIMER Use TIMER to get the number of seconds since midnight. PRINT TIMER Output: 43199.99  (Just before noon) Feel free to distribute this tutorial, upload it to your website, link to it from your site, etc. http://www.geocities.com/progsharehouse/qbtutor Mirror: http://development.freeservers.com/qbtutor