On May 24, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Mark Lively wrote: > date "Friday the 13th" > > actually compiles. Doesn't do what you think though. date "Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:00:00 PM" Close enough (YMMV with other date settings, perhaps). 13 hours on today's date. Makes sense to me. ;-) --John (makes sense now that I've seen it)