>>thisform.time1.caption=time()
>>thisform.date1.caption=mdy(date())
>>thisform.dayweek.caption=cdow(date())

>>How do I center these programatically?

Horizontally:
THISFORM.date1.left=(THISFORM.Width-THISFORM.date1.width)/2
* you would aldo need to have you text aligned centrally, IE. .alignment=2

Vertically;
THISFORM.date1.top=(THISFORM.Height-THISFORM.date1.height)/2



Gary.