Gerard,

Intellisense will show you the way ... <s>

DateTime.Today;

~~Bonnie


>Hi Neil. Thanks for your reply.
>
>I notice that you include 2005..... is there a way of getting the year from just the current date on the machine (as in Date() in VFP)
>
>Regards,
>
>Gerard
>
>
>
>>Gerard,
>>
>>If you are using the DateTime structure then you can just convert the Year component.
>>

>>DateTime myDateTime = new DateTime(2005, 1, 24);
>>MessageBox.Show(myDateTime.Year.ToString());
>>

>>If you wanted the year without century then you could go a step further and use the String.Remove method.
>>

>>DateTime myDateTime = new DateTime(2005, 1, 24);
>>MessageBox.Show(myDateTime.Year.ToString().Remove(0, 2));
>>

>>If you are dealing with a string and not a DateTime structure then you can use the String's SubString method.
>>
>>Regards
>>Neil