In dos or most searching applications you can use the wild card * to give you better results if you wasnt sure of the full name of file. Such as.

*Car*.*
*Car*.exe
*car.exe
car*.exe
Car.*
*.*

Well i wan't to do something like that in visual basics....Ok I got 2 labels.

Label1.caption
label2.caption

label1.caption changes every second
label2.caption is a set time

since using intervals is never accurate hehe, I can't rely on my code unless I use a wild card.

So lets say the set time in label2 is

Label2.caption = "12:15:00 PM"
well i got a timer checking to see if label1 ever 1000 intervals........but i want it to check like a wile for example
"12:15*PM" Do ya get me? No matter what is in between the 15 and pm, (seconds)it reads it as the 12:15:00 PM....

HOPE THAT MADE SENSE! If you can help let me know.