>thanks sergey - this still gives earliest file (1990) - is there any way of finding out what is on the bottom of that sort list?
>k
>
>ltZeroTime = CTOT("00:00:00")
>= ADIR(laFieList, 'c:\db\prg\*.prg')
>FOR i= 1 TO ALEN(laFieList,1)
> laFieList[i,5] = DTOT(laFieList[i,3]) + (CTOT(laFieList[i,4]) - ltZeroTime)
>ENDFOR
>= ASORT(laFieList, 5)
>? lafielist

? laFieList[ALEN(laFieList,1),1)