> It's not in the list of functions I trust to exist, but it's at least > present on Linux, Solaris 8, and AIX 5.2. I no longer have IRIX or HP-UX > to check. I see it on an HPUX 11.00 box. If not strptime(), then at least time since the epoch please. steve - - - systems & network manager high energy physics university of wisconsin