Lisa, I am interested to know what your HW clock is set at. This is what I get with these 2 commands, what to you get? Remember I am in South Africa, hence the SAST-2. PUB.SYS:showclock SYSTEM TIME: SAT, JAN 15, 2000, 4:20:24 AM CURRENT TIME CORRECTION: 0 SECONDS TIME ZONE: 2 HOURS 0 MINUTES EASTERN HEMISPHERE PUB.SYS:showclks.pubxl.telesup SHOWCLKS/XL A.10.00 DEBUG/iX C.05.08 HPDEBUG Intrinsic at: 534.00007258 PROGRAM+$198 PRIV=$3 := $0 ************************************************************* *** *** *** Greenwich Mean Time : SAT, JAN 15, 2000, 2:20 AM *** *** GMT/MPE offset : +2:00:00 *** *** MPE System Time : SAT, JAN 15, 2000, 4:20 AM *** *** *** ************************************************************* **** C Library Information **** Current value of Time Zone(TZ) variable : SAST-2 CTIME function return : Sat Jan 15 04:20:34 2000 -----Original Message----- From: Leidig, Lisa [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Spoolers notified of shutdown (Shut 16) 0:11/39/ The spooling system has been shutdown Shutdown of system processes begins (Shut 4) STRING OVERFLOW (PASCERR 650) STRING OVERFLOW (PASCERR 650) STRING OVERFLOW (PASCERR 650) STRING OVERFLOW (PASCERR 650)