my initial guess was that this is a date that i can choose in the future so that i can work on an article that won't be published for a few days.. but pier seems to publish the articles no matter what the date is.. ideas? thanks! -- ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary http://www.CodingForHire.com http://www.coffee-black.com http://www.painlessfrugality.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101