Her's for my 2 cents. In light of the problems - confusion and general fol-de-rol concerning the Y2K her is my latest thought: Imagine the problem the accountants etc had as the year 0000 approached. Did the Chinese have to throw out their old abacuses and get new ones with an up-to-date CPU? How did the Romans handle the problem? What would the year 0000 be in Roman numerals Sorry folks - I couldn't resist. Bob Anibal