if i understood you correctly, i think you can try and use include "filename.php" in all the 13 files which would call 1 php file to display the time. i think this might work. --- Ken <ken.poyser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a file that gets the local time (not GMT) > > $timestamp=time(); > $seconds = 6*60*60; > $timestamp-=$seconds; > $tz = "CST"; > > $localtime= date("m/d/Y H:i:s",$timestamp); > $localdate = substr($localtime,0,10); > $localtime = substr($localtime,11,8); > > > Currently I have the code above in about 13 files > and wondering how to have this one file > and then in the 13 files to go to this file to > do the date/time conversion > > > I am wondering how to call this file to do this from > within these 13 php files > > > Any assistance would be appreciated > > > Thanks > Ken > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs