Thanks alot for the help

Thanks again.

>John,
>
>Yeah, it's me again.< g > I did a little digging and I think I found exactly what you're after

#define LOCALE_SDATE                  0x0000001D   && date separator
>#define LOCALE_STIME                  0x0000001E   && time separator
>#define LOCALE_SSHORTDATE             0x0000001F   && short date format string
>#define LOCALE_SLONGDATE              0x00000020   && long date format string
>#define LOCALE_STIMEFORMAT            0x00001003   && time format string
>#define LOCALE_IDATE                  0x00000021   && short date format ordering
>#define LOCALE_ILDATE                 0x00000022   && long date format ordering
>#define LOCALE_ITIME                  0x00000023   && time format specifier
>#define LOCALE_ITIMEMARKPOSN          0x00001005   && time marker position
>#define LOCALE_ICENTURY               0x00000024   && century format specifier (short date)
>#define LOCALE_ITLZERO                0x00000025   && leading zeros in time field
>#define LOCALE_IDAYLZERO              0x00000026   && leading zeros in day field (short date)
>#define LOCALE_IMONLZERO              0x00000027   && leading zeros in month field (short date)
>#define LOCALE_S1159                  0x00000028   && AM designator
>#define LOCALE_S2359                  0x00000029   && PM designator
>
>#define LOCALE_ICALENDARTYPE          0x00001009   && type of calendar specifier
>#define LOCALE_IOPTIONALCALENDAR      0x0000100B   && additional calendar types specifier
>#define LOCALE_IFIRSTDAYOFWEEK        0x0000100C   && first day of week specifier
>#define LOCALE_IFIRSTWEEKOFYEAR       0x0000100D   && first week of year specifier
>
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDefaultLCID IN Win32API
>DECLARE INTEGER GetLocaleInfo IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER Locale, INTEGER LCType,;
>  STRING @lpLCData, INTEGER cchData
>lnLCID = GetSystemDefaultLCID()
>lcbuffer = SPACE(260)
>lnbuflen = LEN(lcbuffer)
>lnresult = GetLocaleInfo(lnLCID, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, @lcbuffer, lnbuflen)
>? LEFT(lcbuffer, lnresult - 1)

This should get you started.