[keelings@wu1.wl.aecl.ca (S. Keeling)] | 516 date -u -s 0413150496 | Can anyone tell me what was wrong with line 516? Sorry, I don't know. I normally use date -s "1996-04-07 18:06:00" +"%Y-%m-%d %T" There should a switch to force the ISO format. I do a Cc: jo Jim, the sh-utils maintainer. Karl.