SELECT CONVERT(datetime, SUBSTRING(CONVERT(varchar(8), MyDateField), 5, 2) + '/' +
       RIGHT(CONVERT(varchar(8), MyDateField), 2) + '/' +
       LEFT(CONVERT(varchar(8), MyDateField), 4)) AS FormattedDate

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I know it's a bit lengthy simply to reconstruct it, but you could create a VIEW from the table, adding this derived field, if you need to run reports or queries often.

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David L. Hansen

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Roman F

3/27/2013

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thank you but none of the examples are working, since the access does not understand the function you gave to me (convert and substring)

i made myself
Left(READ_DT,4) AS [Year],
Mid(READ_DT,5,2) AS [Month],
Mid(READ_DT),7,2) AS [Day],

[Month] & "/" & [Day] & "/" & [Year] AS ReadDate

but i am not sure if its a real date

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