From: Jeffrey Bowen Date: 2007-07-18T00:25:46+09:00 Subject: month and day Assuming that to day it January 1 2007 when the following code is and the response is 1. Is there a way to get back 01? I�m also looking to get 01 for the day. It looks like %m and %d is what I�m looking for but I don�t know how to implement the formatting. t = Time.now puts t.mon => 1 Jeff ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469