The problem here is not a Macintosh Y2K problem, it's that the data is not Y2K compliant. This is going to be a problem no matter what machine and/or OS you're using. No general purpose algorithm or rule set will fit all cases for all time. jay ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch