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Keep it string type. Then use string methods to make it.. say first day of that month.
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Keep it string type. Then use string methods to make it.. say first day of that month.

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Once I have converted it to a string and parse it out to how I need it, how do I then save it back out as a date string or is there any conversion that needs to be done?<br />
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Thanks<br />
Kenny<br />

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Once I have converted it to a string and parse it out to how I need it, how do I then save it back out as a date string or is there any conversion that needs to be done?

Thanks
Kenny


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Dim DateString As String<br />
DateString = &quot;... get the data in it (0504)<br />
'Format the string<br />
DateString = DateString.SubString(0,2) &amp;&nbsp;&quot;/01/20&quot; &amp;&nbsp;DateString.SubString(2)<br />
-Baan
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Dim DateString As String
DateString = "... get the data in it (0504)
'Format the string
DateString = DateString.SubString(0,2) & "/01/20" & DateString.SubString(2)
-Baan

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I am currently reading a .txt file in a data stream. &nbsp;One of the fields is a date field. &nbsp;In the file the date looks like<br />
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0504<br />
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This would indicate May of 2004. &nbsp;How should I format this field in my Dimension statement? &nbsp;How would I end of with a value of 05/??/2004.<br />
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Thanks<br />
Kenny<br />

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I am currently reading a .txt file in a data stream.  One of the fields is a date field.  In the file the date looks like

0504

This would indicate May of 2004.  How should I format this field in my Dimension statement?  How would I end of with a value of 05/??/2004.

Thanks
Kenny


Date type field

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