diff --git a/ZString.cpp b/ZString.cpp
index 25d6d9c..0b83530 100644
--- a/ZString.cpp
+++ b/ZString.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,16 @@ namespace coreutils {
       return true;
    }
 
-
+   ZString ZString::removeTrailingZeros() {
+      if(length > 2) {	   
+	 while((*(data + length - 1)) == '0')
+	   --length;
+	 if(*(data + length - 1) == '.')
+	   --length;
+      }
+      return *this;
+   }
+   
    void ZString::nextChar() {
       if(!eod())
 	++cursor;
diff --git a/ZString.h b/ZString.h
index 9df6061..a8970c2 100644
--- a/ZString.h
+++ b/ZString.h
@@ -423,6 +423,12 @@ namespace coreutils {
       ///
 
       bool boolValue();
+
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
+
+      ZString removeTrailingZeros();
       
     protected:
       char *data;
diff --git a/testing/zstring_test.cpp b/testing/zstring_test.cpp
index cc51a68..b568634 100644
--- a/testing/zstring_test.cpp
+++ b/testing/zstring_test.cpp
@@ -107,5 +107,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    coreutils::ZString test20(NULL);
    std::cout << "[" << test20 << "]" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "Comparisons with null value: " << (test20 == "true") << std::endl;
+
+   coreutils::ZString test21("10.00000000");
+   std::cout << "Trailing Zeros: " << test21.removeTrailingZeros() << std::endl;
+   std::cout << "                " << test21 << std::endl;
    
 }