Shmuel wrote: . . . Specifically, you are testing the conversion of time and date rather than the conversion of time.
I am puzzled by this distinction. In general there is no way to convert a time value in a date-independent way; this date dependence is aggravated when daylight | summer | official times are in play; and Shmuel knows this. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

