I ran a test this morning on a database involving a trace on an Oracle 9i2 database running on AIX with a Windows front end. I was under the impression that the tim value in the header was millions of seconds since the epoch. But when I try and convert these values to timestamps I get dates that are July 12 of 2004. Anybody explain what I'm missing or point me at the right reference book. Thanks, Ben. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message may contain confidential information, and is intended only for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l