what i'm trying to do is display
2003-2004
using this <% =Year(strDate) ' - ' =Year(strDate) + 1 %>
but i can't get ASP to read the date and time from SQL Server

What code are you using to get the date?

<% =Year(strDate) ' - ' =Year(strDate) + 1 %>

strDate is a string variable you created... I assume you put the date in it somewhere else?

If not, try the Date function...

ie: <% =Year(Date) & ' - ' & Year(Date) + 1 %>

Otherwise, I must be missing something.


Tim

the year function has a date as an input. I am guessing (from the one line of code you gave) that your trying to use it with a String returned from a recordset...

Either do what MrWizzard says which will get the server time, not the time from that string (which is probably what you want) or;

you will need to convert the string into a date using a string to date formatting function. For info on how to do it read here (in the Date/Time Functions (VBScript) section);
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_examples.asp