> Ah, right. The light turns on... > > datetime is immutable so overriding the constructor doesn't change the > constructed object. You have to override __new__ instead. > http://www.python.org/2.2.1/descrintro.html#__new__ Ahhh! Thanks a bunch, now this makes things much clearer. Thanks again! cu Martin -- Reach me at spamfaenger (at) gmx (dot) net