Ed,

The PAD() functions will directly do the work you are using str() and alltrim() for in your version.

>

>LPARAMETER nElapsedSecs
>LOCAL dRefPoint, cReturnString
>dRefPoint = DTOT(DATE() ) + nElapsedSecs
>cReturnString = PADL(ALLTRIM(STR(HOUR(dRefPoint),2)),2,'0') + ':' + ;
>                          PADL(ALLTRIM(STR(MINUTE(dRefPoint),2)),2,'0') + ':' + ;
>                          PADL(ALLTRIM(STR(SEC(dRefPoint),2)),2,'0')
>RETURN cReturnString
>

>
>You can get the number of days with TTOD(dRefPoint) - DATE(). You can speed it up slightly by using a date constant in place of DATE().