Thanks everyone for the suggestions... My only problem with using the localtime() is I have users from different timezones using the app... if I use the localtime() it will pull which ever time the user is on and put in.. which is becoming messier while tracking and in the audit trail so I used gmtime to make time fixed to Eastern US time zone...Is there a easy way to figure out the time zone a user is in so that i can use the offset from UTC?