>> i.e. instead of 01/01/2000 10:00:00 AM I JUST WANT TO ACCEPT 10:00:00 AM and it should be stored in DT format.<<


Okay, just rip out the time, display it on the screen however you want, and then "put it back together" with CTOT( cDate + " " + cTime ). CTOT takes the character expression of your date plus your character time in the form 10:00:00 AM".