[Guido van Rossum] > I propose to let it return a single string, on the basis of YAGNI. +1 by me, for what it's worth. I think I saw somewhere else that you mentioned utcoffset() as a possible name. I like that better that my suggestion of toffset(). And, of course, I'm +1 on easterdate() as well. <wink> --- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech