Josh,
I'll give it a try. Thanks for the help.

Mike


>Mike,
>
>You can convert the date to a character expression using DTOC(), then create a string with the date and time and convert it to datetime with CTOT().
>
>>I'm writing a scheduler routine to execute certain commands at specified intervals. I want the user to enter a date (optional) and time (mandatory) and to be able to convert these values to a datetime format. How can I do this? Any help appreciated.
>>
>>-Mike