>>>>>Ok, I am lost. I thought there was a GetDate() function. But I would like would be a Date / Time dialog. Any ideas?
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>>>>Date() and DateTime()
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>just went through this. DateTime() and seconds() both return a number, Steve
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>>Nope, datetime() returns a, well, datetime.
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>all I know is the following work?
>? DATETIME() + 6

It will, but if you expect anything other than 6 seconds into the future, then you'd be wrong.

IOW, if you add a number to a date value, that's in days; to a datetime, it's in seconds. So express your value in seconds and you'll be fine.