Programmatically? In COBOL? Sure. In addition to getting the file creation date via finfo and MOVE CURRENT-DATE (or an intrinsic), get both in YYYYMMDD format, then use the INTEGER-OF-DATE function to subtract the creation date integer from the current date integer, giving the difference. To use the INTEGER-OF-DATE function, you will need the POST85 compiler directive, but the function is ANSI 89, if that helps. SUBTRACT FUNCTION INTEGER-OF-DATE (FILE-CREATION-DATE-AS-YYYYMMDD) FROM FUNCTION INTEGER-OF-DATE (CURRENT-DATE-AS-YYYYMMDD) GIVING DAYS-SINCE-FILE-CREATION END-SUBTRACT > -----Original Message----- > From: Simonsen, Larry [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 2:58 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [HP3000-L] days since creation of file > > is there a simple way to calculate the number of days since file > creation using the finfo and other functions?