Eh DOC,
Don't be too hard on yourself. It's probably that love fog you're in. This string stuff doesn't exactly roll off my fingers either.

You had it at your finger tips. To quote you, "I guess I could find the minutes portion and then grab out the three characters from the left and then strip out blanks..."

I'm still learning from the master Bryce (I genuflect to him). Check out his sample.
http://kixtart.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=001952

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