Can anyone think of a way to compare two dates that may be in a different format ? For example, I wan't to check that someone has the correct version of a file on their pc: I know that the date on the file should be 20/10/2000, when I use vb to return the date from the local file it returns it in the short date format on the pc, which may be different i.e. 10/20/2000. Although those dates are the same, they are represented differently, so how can I compare the two, or make them both the same format ?????