But that's what I mean Paul ... like my attempts, your report contribution doesn't work either. I've isolated all my reports from this one, and changed the report name (in the code as well) so that I am only using yours. I have not edited any part of your report with the exception of the file name. I have no doubt your report is working at your end, but not here. Clearly there is something missing in my configuration that is preventing me from having the times reflect properly in a report, regardless of whose it is.

What is also odd, groom time (grm_time) is (should be?) text in the data source (I assume it's text as I can't do any calculations with the value as it is in the cell). In the data source, grm_time for this record = "<2:30 PM", yet it shows up as a decimal (0.60416666667 = 2:30 PM) in the merge. How can that be if the data is text? The neighbouring prep time mimics what is supoosed to be presented in groom time, the value in the data source for prep time also being text with a qualifier symbol "<4:45 PM".

The dates work, it's just the times. (which is the unique problem that directed me to the Microsoft KB workaround)

This is how your report merges out on my end ...



This is how I how I'm seeing your report ... the fields in the footer have switches, the others don't.



If there are some creative or skilled techniques in your report, I do need to create another 5 similar reports, so I would certainly benefit in knowing what I am missing. I thought I knew about switches, but it would appear I'm not quite there yet.