Hi Bonnie... yes Intellisense works great !!

regards,

Gerard

>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