Hello, I have two time strings like Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15 and Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21 How can I compare them and find out that Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15 is before Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21 ? I can not use strptime function , to convert it first,because I use windows and there is not that function. Thanks for help Ladislav