One of the 3rd party code managements systems we use stores dates as numbers. The Access function ctime() will correctly interpret the date into a valid date format via an ODBC connection. I?m trying to duplicate this function in sqlplus. They tell me that the value of 38030.7181 equates to 2/13/2004 5:14:06PM. I tried several of the date conversions in metalink that convert EPOCH dates, but was unable to get any to produce the desired results. If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it. Scott Graves Sr. Systems Programmer NISC RDQ-STP Email: scott.graves@xxxxxxx Phone: 636-922-9122 x7616 Fax: 636-922-2080