Don't know if this will help but, you should use 'n' to represent minutes in time formats. Making the format hh:nn:ss JED > LongTimeFormat := 'hh:mm:ss'; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi"