No, it doesn't! It keeps seconds past midnight as an 18 bit integer, month as a 6 bit integer, day (withing month) as a 6 bit integer, and YEAR AS A 6 BIT INTEGER BASED ON 1964. I.E. the current value of the year cell is 20. Thus the format breaks in the year 2028... -- Ben Cranston ...seismo!umcp-cs!zben zben at umd2.ARPA