>OK...
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>What if you set the clock back to 1972 on the box. 1972 has the same calendar as 2000. Then, whereever you call Date(), use your own function to add 28 years to get the correct date....
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>Its a kludge, but it is the only thing I can think of that you could do right now....
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>Best of luck...
Thanks for your help John.
If I have to change the DATE() functions in the software to add 28 years, I think I would rather use a global variable and set it from the menu. I can copy the system date in a flat file and read it once into the menu.

Thanks again
Eric.