PC> G'day Steve
PC> You might find it's stored in unix date "seconds elapsed since
PC> 01/01/1970 (i think) " format.
SB> Nope...tried that one already. Thanks for the reply though. I
SB> think it it used the pascal PackTime routine.
PC> Oh well it was worth a try, BTW hope you work it out.
I found the answer FileDateToDateTime() and DateTimeToFileDate() functions 
work fine for converting between the two...they were in the file management 
area of the help, not that date area which is why I couldn't find them. 
Steve
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