diff --git a/geoms_tools.pro b/geoms_tools.pro
index 9d4336412652b27adb05188a4cda57286a283c34..b64241bc54c63ed8dbc7958862ac9e9ce7439777 100644
--- a/geoms_tools.pro
+++ b/geoms_tools.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;Main Program Version: geoms_tools.pro v2.17, 20241126
+;Main Program Version: geoms_tools.pro v2.18, 20241210
 ;  Written by Ian Boyd for AVDC/EVDC - iboyd@bryanscientific.org
 ;
 FUNCTION is_a_number_gt,value
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ FUNCTION geoms_tools, optqh, tav, hdfqh, outdir, dataformat, DATETIME=o1, NOTC=o
 ;                       geoms-harmon-v1.0_Readme.pdf, available from http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
 ;                       idlcr8ascii-v4.0_Readme.pdf, available from http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
 ;                       idlcr8hdf-v4.0_Readme.pdf, available from http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
-;Program sub-version 2.17 (20241126)
+;Program sub-version 2.18 (20241210)
 ; ----------
 ;Written by Ian Boyd for AVDC/EVDC - iboyd@bryanscientific.org
 ;
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ FUNCTION geoms_tools, optqh, tav, hdfqh, outdir, dataformat, DATETIME=o1, NOTC=o
 ;    20241029: Update due to fixes to geoms_tctools and idlcr8hdf - Version 2.16
 ;    20241126: Add run-time error handling capability in geoms_qa.pro and geoms_harmon.pro,
 ;              plus fixes in idlcr8hdf and idlcrascii - Version 2.17
+;    20241210: Update due to fix to idlcr8ascii - Version 2.18
 ;
 ;  Input: optqh - Integer defining type of testing 0=QA, 1=Harmonization
 ;         tav - Table Attribute Values file used to test Metadata
@@ -1399,7 +1400,7 @@ FUNCTION geoms_tools, optqh, tav, hdfqh, outdir, dataformat, DATETIME=o1, NOTC=o
 ;                            memory. The output from IDLCR8ASCII is then used in the call to:
 ;                            IDLCR8HDF   - which performs the QA
 
-gtver='geoms_tools version 2.17, 2024-11-26'
+gtver='geoms_tools version 2.18, 2024-12-10'
 gt_error_code=3 ;Integer to identify return error code (3 = Invalid input)
 par1chk=0 & parchk=0
 qhs1error=0B