Why don't you just represent the time in that format, then use Left([time],2) on each time you need to add. That would give you just the numbers you need, and you can append the ":00" later if you want. Of course, you would need to use an if conditional testing on the Left() result.<br> In other words, if you store the value of the result of the Left() function in a variable "my_time", you would need something like:<br> If right(my_time,1) = ":" then<br> my_time = left(my_time,1)<br> else<br> end if<br><br> I hope you follow what I'm saying, I would write it all out for you but I don't have the time at the moment. Good luck. =]<br> <p>xtreme1<br><a href=mailto:rbio@excite.com>rbio@excite.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>