Start property (just like any other date/time property) returns a date/time value, *not* a string.When you look at thee value in the debugger or convert it to a string, it is converted using the current date/time display settings,
Date/time type in COM is essentially a floting point value with the integer part being the number of days since December 31, 1899 and the fractional part being th time of the day (your code really does not have to be aware of this). All programming languages include functions for handling dates.
What exactly are you trying to do?

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"DENNIS BROWN" wrote in message . ..
With the .Start property of an appointment being "6/27/2007 9:30:00", how can I tell if it is morning or evening, AM or PM?

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Thanks,
Dennis