On Sun 07 Feb, Richard Torrens (lists) wrote: > > What is the relationship[ between Sys$Date & Sys$DateFormat ? > > I did > *set Sys$DateFormat : %ce%yr-%mn-%dy ^ Did you really want a prefix of ": " > then > *Show Sys$Date > Sys$Date : Sun,07 Feb > > > I'm baffled... I've just tried it without the ": " prefix on 4.02 & 6.16 and get the same as you! Setting Sys$DateFormat does not seem to change Sys$Date or Sys$Time! Apparently it is used by the OS_ConvertStandardDateAndTime PRM 1:435 Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile! --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support