On Jul 20, 2011, at 3:38 PM, mdkzone at aol.com wrote: > Thanks for the assistance > > How does > > strptime("04-MAY-11 1428",format="%d-%b-%y %H%M") > > differ from > timeDate("04-MAY-11 1428",format="%d-%b-%y %H%M") > ? Wouldn't one need to know where you got this non-base function? -- David Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT