[snip] Now I am not worried about the time but I would like to know how to (i) sort the returned rows in order (latest first) (ii) be able to extract the individual parts of the date and display them in UK format 30.08.2005 this is the text from 30th of August 27.08.2005 this is the text from 27th of August 27.08.2005 this is the text from 23rd of August [/snip] http://www.php.net/date -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php