The strftime() parameters seem to allow for just about every conceivable time and date output format one could imagine. Except the one I need. Is there a format string or some other method I'm overlooking for suppressing zeros on dates from 1-9? January 02, 2002, just doesn't look right. -- Dan Shafer, Author-Consultant http://www.danshafer.com http://www.shafermedia.com