Hi Martha,

Can you create a DBF with the desired structure first, then use APPEND FROM instead of IMPORT? This always works better for me.

>I am importing data from an Excel spreadsheet
> Import From (m.xlsfile) Type Xl8 Sheet "new order file"
>Which creates a new .dbf with fields "a", "b", "c", etc.
>In the original spreadsheet is a field whose contents represent a time...
> 9:00:00 PM
>...however, once it's imported it looks like this...
> 12/30/99 09:0
>...then further down in my code I use the value scattered from the new .dbf and attach this information to some text (field name=P)...
> comment3="Hard Start Time: "+Alltrim(M.p)+'. '
>...and the value of comment3 becomes
> Hard Start Time: 9:00:00 AM.
>I have no idea where the AM part is coming from. Can anyone explain to me what's happening here and/or just how to get it to reflect AM/PM correctly?
>
>Thanks,
>Martha