Hi all! I'm having a problem with the SORT/SPEC command. I need to remove unwanted records (based on a date/time field) from a file but all input records are propagating to the output file. I could have a DCL procedure read the file, but I figured SORT would be faster. I use the command; $sort/spec=specfile infile outfile The input file contains: 7 district names loaded. 123456789-123456789-123456789- this line is to count columns MIM00326004061102003030319551 MIM00326005002702003030119551 MIM00326005002702003030319551 NSI12016003001012003030320154 NSI12016009601022003030320154 SOM11323001806062003030320401 SOM11323010806072003030322444 SLM00228714001562003030320074 SLM00216006603062003030319301 NRM01224005107202003030401184 NRM01224011909132003030323564 SJC11505860405872003030316331 SJC11505862806712003030316131 The specification file contains: /field=(name=district,position:1,size:6,character) /field=(name=unitid,position:7,size:10,character) /field=(name=datetime,position:17,size:12,CHARACTER) /field=(name=unitype,position:29,size:1,character) /field=(name=today,value:"200303051200",size:12,character) /field=(name=tomorrow,value:"200303061200",size:12,character) /condition=(name=istoday,test=(datetime ge today)) /condition=(name=istomorrow,test=(datetime le tomorrow)) /condition=(name=nottoday,test=(datetime lt today)) /condition=(name=nottomorrow,test=(datetime gt tomorrow)) /include=(condition=istoday) /include=(condition=istomorrow) /omit=(condition=nottoday) /omit=(condition=nottomorrow) I've tried the spec file with all upper case, switched "=" for ":" and no change; all input data goes to the output file. Any ideas? Thanks! Dave