[quoted lines by Travis Roth on June 15, 2002, at 09:41] >Earlier on this list the following command was given to set the date: > date MMDDhhmmCCYY.ss > >Can someone give me a working example of how this format actually works, I do not understand the format string. >Thanks. Uppercase letters refer to the date and lowercase letters refer to the time. Each number must be specified as two digits, i.e. leading zeros must be supplied. The numbers must be specified in the following order: month, date, hour, minute, century, year, second. A dot (period) must be inserted between the year and the second. For example: If it's March 4, 2002, at 05:06:07, you'd specify: date 030405062002.07 The format looks rather complex, but that's because it's been designed so that the lesser needed fields can be omitted without ambiguity. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://familyradio.com