Use the "include" statement Replace this section of code in those thirteen php files with the following: <?php include "newfile.php";?> and put that section of code in a file called "newfile.php" Now you only have to maintain that piece of code once... Make sure that all 13 other files have access to the path where "newfile.php" exists Hope this helps > Ken <ken.poyser@...> 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 homepage. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >