>If the date is formatted according to RFC822, there are two additions:
>dayofweek is optional
>timezone may also be expressed as: +0200 or -1200

Thanks for the RFC number.

>(i've also seen timezones as GMT+2, CET-3, but this are not allowed according to the specs)

>(also try to change al the substr(..at()) contruction to getwordnum(..) making it way more readable)

Not in VFP 6. Although I'm sure Michel will refactor the code to match his own standards, etc.