Ok, this seems to be a problem now. The MySQL timestamps is a string variable like this: 1182757393 is it possible to use PHP in iReport to cast the values or is there a Java method to do this for me ? I ask, because I think the SimpleDateFormat is only able to use for "normal" date values like 11-30-2007 15-16 or something else. Damn, it seems that I have to learn Java ! :laugh: