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Rhonda
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   Topic: Date problem
Posted: 25 Mar 2012 at 9:41am |
I am working with a new software system where the date was formatted as a number. For March 24, 2012, I get 1120324. There is always a prefaced 1. Ideally I would like to get 03/24/12. If anyone can help me get this result, it would be very much appreciated.
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CircleD
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 1:20am |
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In the Select Expert Formula Field:
tonumber({Table.Field})>=datediff('d',date(1916,1,1),currentdate)
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kostya1122
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 5:32am |
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try a formula @date
date(mid({Table.Field},4,2)+"/"+left({Table.Field},2)+"/"+mid({Table.Field},2,2))
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Rhonda
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 6:20am |
Thank you for the reply. It returns a true or false result, and no date.
tonumber({Table.Field})>=datediff('d',date(1916,1,1),currentdate)
Edited by Rhonda - 26 Mar 2012 at 6:26am
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Rhonda
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 6:26am |
Thank you very much, however, I am receiving an error 'a string is required here' date(mid({Table.Field},4,2)+"/"+left({Table.Field},2)+"/"+mid({Table.Field},2,2))
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kevlray
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 6:31am |
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I answered your post in the Announcements section.
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kostya1122
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 6:33am |
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replace the {Table.Field} with yours if you have then
try
date(mid(totext({Table.Field}),4,2)+"/"+left(totext({Table.Field}),2)+"/"+mid(totext({Table.Field}),2,2))
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Rhonda
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Posted: 26 Mar 2012 at 8:17am |
Thank you again, Kostya1122, but it did not work either. I did recieve a formula from Kevlray, which did work. So the day has been saved after all. Your posts were very much appreciated.
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