Hi,
I have a table with fromdate and todate.
I have set its default format as dd/mm/yyyy.
In ASP, where I use the table I have used session.lcid = 2057 (which is again dd/mm/yyyy) format
But when I use a query,
sql="select * from tblbookings b,tblstudents s where b.fldstudentid=s.fldid and fldfromdt <= #" & d1 & "# and fldfromdt <= #" & d2 & "# "
where d1 = 01/05/2008 and d2 = 31/07/2008
the code runs a loop from d1 to d2 and checks if the date falls between the from date and to date in the table it displays the record.
fldfromdt = 01/07/2008 fldtodt = 07/31/2008
right now what it is doing is while comparing making fldfromdt in table as mm/dd/yyyy, where as in the table it is dd/mm/yyyy
hope i was able to explain the question properly.
pls help me fast.
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Hello Desire2change,
That is because you are using Access. (At least that is my guess). Access has this known issue, regardless of any settings you use it will always interpret dates in mm/dd/yyyy format. The only way you can work around this is to use an unambiguous date format such as yyyy-mm-dd when constructing your query statement. Some people also like to use dd mmm yyyy though this does not always work well with different languages.
Regards,
TimCottee
You can try something like this
<%
sql="select * from tblbookings b,tblstudents s where b.fldstudentid=s.fldid and fldfromdt <= #" & formatDate(d1) & "# and fldfromdt <= #" & formatDate(d2) & "# "
function formatDate(myDate)
if isDate(myDate) Then
myDate = Right("00" & Month(myDate),2) & "/" & Right("00" & Day(myDate),2) & "/" & Right(Year(myDate),2)
End if
formatDate = myDate
End function
%>
sorry.. here is updated code..
<%
sql="select * from tblbookings b,tblstudents s where b.fldstudentid=s.fldid and fldfromdt <= #" & formatDate(d1) & "# and fldfromdt <= #" & formatDate(d2) & "# "
function formatDate(myDate)
if isDate(myDate) Then
myDate = Year(myDate) & "/" & Month(myDate) & "/" & Day(myDate)
End if
formatDate = myDate
End function
%>
No, no I am not saying that. Regional settings are the easiest and you do not need to make any chages.
Of course you can use lcid, dateformta etc,etc.
But remember, storing a date in a db is meaningless. Let it get stored whatever way. You should be concerned with displaying. So if you make db date strong format as the baseline, you can programmitically change to follow your format
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by: neeraj523Posted on 2008-06-30 at 03:21:06ID: 21897885
The issue is that, in asp you set date format as dd/mm/yyyy but MS Access db is still having default date format as mm/dd/yyyy
better to use yyyy/mm/dd or dd/mmm/yyyy format in your queries to avoid any such ambiguity..