You're welcome.

>thanks tore - perfect solution.
>
>k
>
>>>i have a text file that is downloaded into a directory - call it samp.txt.
>>>Is there a way to test the date that the file was downloaded to verify it has today's date before processing it.
>>>
>>>thank you for any suggestions?
>>>
>>>k
>>
>>

if fdate('sample,txt')=date()
>>   Do something
>>endif