#define LOCALE_SSHORTDATE 0x0000001F DECLARE Integer GetLocaleInfo in WIN32API ; Long locale, ; Long lcType, ; String @lplcdata, ; Integer cchData cBuffer = SPACE(50) nLen = GetLocaleInfo(0,LOCALE_SSHORTDATE,@cBuffer,50) RETURN LEFT(cBuffer,nLen-1)Hope this helps,