>George,
>
>Wouldn't CMONTH() return month name in the locilized runtime language which may or may not be English?

Yep, but I wasn't sure if he meant in "English" or simply as a word.

>>Simple

? TRANSFORM(DAY(ltdate)) + SPACE(1) + CMONTH(ltdate) + SPACE(1) + TRANSFORM(YEAR(ltdate))