>I discovered this goodie, which could be useful to many of us, amongst the >FB archives. It appears to be exactly what I'm looking for, but I can't >find the key to extracting the day. Clues, anyone? Saturday is 0, Sunday is 1, Monday is 2, etc. Add this at the bottom to check: WINDOW 1 CLS PRINT day% = FN DayOfWeek(10,15,1999) 'today - a Friday PRINT day% TRON BREAK WHILE NOT MOUSE(_down) WEND I'm not sure what the "range" of the function is; I only tested it for 1999 and part of 2000. I'd be careful to run a bunch of "known" dates through it, especially past 2000, before relying on it. Bill