Splicing a date range into date

You can use InStrRev() to find the rightmost space and then copy everything past that space to the date field.

Me.MyDate = Right(Me.DateRange, InstrRev(Me.DateRange, " ") + 1)

If your data is not consistent, you may need to validate the string before trying to copy it to MyDate.

What is the difference in

Me.MyDate

Me.Date Range

My field name is called CompDate

Me.MyDate is the destination control and Me.DateRange is the source.  So, Me.DateRange is Me.CompDate in your form.  If you are not doing this in the code module of a form, you wouldn't use the Me. qualifier.  But you didn't specify where you were doing this so I assumed a form since I thought I was answering an Access question.  If you want to do this in T-SQL, you will need to figure out the equivalent T-SQL function.  If you want to do this in an Access querydef, the InstrRev() function will work.

I have a report writer. It see the date as a text string. I need to create a calculated field to cut the last part of the date off, so I get the month end. From what you provide me, I got....

Right(CompDate, InstrRev(CompDate, " ") + 1)

What is your report writer?  Are you using Access at all?  If not, someone else will need to help you.

This will convert the string to a date as long as Access recognizes it as a valid format.
CDate(Right(Me.DateRange, InstrRev(Me.DateRange, " ") + 1))

Once the string is a date, you can use date functions such as Month(...) to extract the month part of the date.  Why do you need just the month?  If you are trying to create selection criteria, you almost certainly need the year as well.

Pat,

I do not need just the month. I want the last date in the date range. I need to split it off the from the range. I have it from another person....

var dateArr = CompDate.split(" - ");
dateArr[1];

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Works... thank you.

I was gone and could not get back to it

ok