Erik,

FWIW, the PAD() functions will convert from numeric to string directly, there's no need for the alltrim() and str() calls:

lcDays = padl( lnDays, 2, "0" )

>lcDays = PADL(ALLTRIM(STR(lnDays)),2,"0")
>lcHours = PADL(ALLTRIM(STR(lnHours)),2,"0")
>lcMinutes = PADL(ALLTRIM(STR(lnMinutes)),2,"0")