[BUG?] substr giving strange results

Ok, either I missed something really simple or ... Here's the code: $comp = trim($data->comp);

   $YY    = substr($comp,0,3);
   $MM    = substr($comp,5,6);
   $DD    = substr($comp,8,9);

echo "COMP is $comp<BR>"; echo "DATE is $YY" . "," . "$MM" . "," . $DD; The results are: COMP is 2002-10-29 DATE is 200,10-29,29 Now, shouldn't it be: COMP is 2002-10-29 DATE is 2002,10,29 This exact code snippet works fine one another page but not this one ... What is the obvious thing I am not seeing? Jc _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp