>Thanks for your reply Joe,
>
>Perhaps you can provide an example when you return from Philly. I looked at the help, and played with some code, but I don't see how I can make this work to convert a signed 64-bit integer to a datetime format.
>
>If you can provide any additional information I will be very grateful!
>
>Thanks,
>- Kile
>
>>Look at TimeOfDay.xxx
>>
>>Gotta run, I am of to Philly. I will not be able to chime in before then.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>
>>>Scanning the .NET help files, help for the Convert.ToDateTime Method (Int64) returns the following information:
>>>
>>>"This conversion is not supported..."
>>>
>>>What's up with this?
>>>
>>>Specifically, I am writing a VB.NET routine that is querying Active Directory. First of all, I can't understand why the following AD fields are of data type Long:
>>>    badpasswordTime
>>>    pwdlastset
>>>    usncreated
>>>    accountexpires
>>>    lastlogoff
>>>    usnchanged
>>>
>>>...while the following fields are of data type Date:
>>>    whencreated
>>>    whenchanged
>>>
>>>They should all be date-time values shouldn't they?
>>>
>>>It wouldn't be a problem if the routine mentioned in the subject of this email were available, but it's not. How would one go about converting one of these 64-bit signed integer values to its equivalent DateTime format value (using VB.NET)?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance!

Hi Kile, I spent some time on this last night. Create a form with 3 list boxes [lstTime,lstDiff,lstDate] and a timer [tmrSeconds]. Set the timer interval to (1 sec)1000. I lined the list boxes up so I could get a good visual representation. I have included the code below. No imports or impliments are needed. I included the progression of my experimentation for you to see. It looks like d.FromFileTimeUtc(lngticks).AddYears(-1600) is the answer. I am sure someone here can solve the extra 1600 years issue. I tried with both date and datetime
anyway here is the code. Work with it a little and let me know how it goes.

    Private Sub tmrSeconds_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tmrSeconds.Tick
        Dim dt As DateTime = DateTime.Now
        Dim d As Date = Now

        If lstTime.Items.Count < 25 Then
            Dim lngticks As Long = dt.Ticks
            ' lstDate.Items.Add(dt.TimeOfDay.FromTicks(lngticks)) ' Poor formating
            'lstDate.Items.Add(dt.FromFileTimeUtc(lngticks)) ' Why the year is 3603 I dont know.  
            'lstDate.Items.Add(d.FromFileTimeUtc(lngticks))   ' Why the year is 3603 here too, I dont know.  
            lstDate.Items.Add(d.FromFileTimeUtc(lngticks).AddYears(-1600)) ' this is definately a hack :(
            lstTime.Items.Add(lngticks.ToString)
            If lstTime.Items.Count > 1 Then
                lstDiff.Items.Add(lstTime.Items.Item(lstTime.Items.Count - 2) - lstTime.Items.Item(lstTime.Items.Count - 1))
            Else
                lstDiff.Items.Add("Start")
            End If
        End If
    End Sub

HTH,