In a similar vein, how come the output of "date" has unrecognizable strings for the "Day" and "Month" fields? I'm sure it's something I've forgotten to set, but TZ *is* set to "PST5PDT". -Kenny -- Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Los Angeles H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (888) 454-8181