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pulling string values form date field
Posted on 2013-12-17
I have a date field [EndDate], I want to capture year and month and put them in a text field [RefPeriod] with the following text format yy-mmm
Example: for 30-Nov-13 in EndDate, I would like to have 13-Nov in RefPeriod
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Example: for 30-Nov-13 in EndDate, I would like to have 13-Nov in RefPeriod
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4 Comments
It should be:
Format([EndDate],"yy-mmm")
I would probably add it to the underlying record source for your form and then set the control source of [RefPeriod] to whatever you call the column in the record source.
Edit - you could also just add it directly to the control source as capricorn suggests.
Format([EndDate],"yy-mmm")
I would probably add it to the underlying record source for your form and then set the control source of [RefPeriod] to whatever you call the column in the record source.
Edit - you could also just add it directly to the control source as capricorn suggests.
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personally, I'd advise against storing this value, as it can always be recomputed when you need it via a query.
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