Set up a connection to your backend database and get the time from it.
Dim cn As New Connection
Dim rs As New Recordset
Dim connString As String
Dim sql1 As String
connString = "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=\\bigtuna\databases\bank.mdb;" & _
"Persist Security Info=False"
cn.ConnectionString = connString
cn.Open connString
sql1 = "select Now() "
rs.Open sql1, cn, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic
Debug.Print rs(0)
rs.close
set rs = nothing
set cn = nothing