you gave yourself half of the answer: date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php do you work on a pc? there's also a *.chm to download, which I find very convenient: http://uk.php.net/download-docs.php or, a firefox search extension, somewhere, to add to that top right searchbox. Matthias -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php