Hi Casey, > Rudy - your advice is dead on as usual. Can you explain what ISO type is? I'm glad I get to reply to this post, because I get a chance to second Rudy's advice without having to think of a tip :-) Using ISO format for dates makes life soooooo much easier... ISO format is yyyy-mm-dd. More info here: http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/06/03/iso_8601_the_standard _date_format.html http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/tips/t022202-1.shtml Jason