Hi, Having searched for an answer with Google and zope.nipltd.com I finally come to you for help: Why should this little snippet of Pythonscript code prompt for an username and password (even a manager is logged in) and then reject it with an error? apptRec = context.ParticipantApptSelectMethod(participant_id=result.participant_id, study_id=study_id) if len(apptRec.dictionaries()): linex = linex + ' A ' + apptRec[0].appt_date.strftime('%d\%m\%Y') The script works ok without a reference to 'strftime'. Here is the traceback and Zope details Zope 2.3.2 (source release, python 1.5.2, linux2) Traceback (innermost last): File /opt/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 223, in publish_module File /opt/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /opt/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /opt/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: suitableParticipant) File /opt/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: suitableParticipant) File /opt/zope/lib/python/Shared/DC/Scripts/Bindings.py, line 324, in __call__ (Object: suitableParticipant) File /opt/zope/lib/python/Shared/DC/Scripts/Bindings.py, line 354, in _bindAndExec (Object: suitableParticipant) File /opt/zope/lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/PythonScript.py, line 336, in _exec (Object: suitableParticipant) (Info: ({'script': <PythonScript instance at 8778e28>, 'context': <Folder instance at 8836d78>, 'container': <Folder instance at 8836d78>, 'traverse_subpath': []}, ('yes', '2'), {}, None)) File Script (Python), line 13, in suitableParticipant File /opt/zope/lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/Guarded.py, line 273, in __getattr__ File /opt/zope/lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/Guarded.py, line 150, in __careful_getattr__ File /opt/zope/lib/python/AccessControl/SecurityManager.py, line 144, in validate File /opt/zope/lib/python/AccessControl/ZopeSecurityPolicy.py, line 168, in validate Unauthorized: strftime Regards, Sion -- Computer Support Sion Morris School of Psychology Ysgol Seicoleg University of Wales, Bangor Prifysgol Cymru Bangor Tel: 01248 382469 Fax: 01248 382599