>>>Use Hilmar's method, it's much easier to use.

>>>STRTOFILE('aaa','\\yourserver\xyz.xyz')
>>>ADIR(temp,'\\yourserver\xyz.xyz')
>>>lcServertime=temp(1,4)
>>>erase \\yourserver\xyz.xyz

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>>Isn't that making an awful lot of assumptions about rights on the server.
>>I wouldn't allow that to work on my machines.
>>Regards,
>>Viv
>
>So you mean that your users have only read right, no create right? Well, in all the systems I have seen, each user has his/her own directory on the server with full right, and limited access to the other directories.

Guess there are all sorts of servers <g> I was thinking more in terms of a webserver or domain controller etc.

I suppose another option would be the old 'net time \\server > time.txt' and parse that approach...

Regards,
Viv