>Thanks guys, I realize that you are suggesting putting it in the the login script, and yes that would synch up the time at logon, but...The user can log in and out of the application via command buttons. Let me try to clarify what I am doing. I'm writing a TimeClock app. It will be launched from the system login script(Novell). It is one form that runs minimized. The form is not closable(other than Windows End-Task <g>). On the form is a button to Log out and a button to Log in. These buttons are used when the user goes to lunch and comes back from lunch. So if the user takes a long lunch, he can simply set his time back and click the log in button, then set his time back to the right time. That's what I'm trying to avoid and that's why I need to be able to retrieve the Novell SysTime on demand. I didn't think it would be that hard to do either, but it's been giving me fits.
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Chad,

Have you checked the Novell site? I believe that documentation for their API can be found there.