Date format question

[Guest]

Am using Access 2003.
Have created a new field in the db table called “E_Dateâ€. Format is
“General Dateâ€.

Want to extract the month from the field to use in a report. In my query, I
have defined the “DateMonth†as: “DateMonth: DatePart("m",[E_Date])â€

When I print the report, I get the numeric for the month. I.e. January is
month 1, Feb = 2, etc.

I want the full name of the month printed. But when I change the DateMonth
definition to anything other than â€mâ€. I get “#error†on the report.

What don’t I understand here? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Bob
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[Allen Browne]

Just leave the text box bound to the date field, and set its Format property
to:
mmmm

 

[Rick Brandt]

Am using Access 2003.
Have created a new field in the db table called "E_Date". Format is
"General Date".

Want to extract the month from the field to use in a report. In my query, I
have defined the "DateMonth" as: "DateMonth: DatePart("m",[E_Date])"

When I print the report, I get the numeric for the month. I.e. January is
month 1, Feb = 2, etc.

I want the full name of the month printed. But when I change the DateMonth
definition to anything other than "m". I get "#error" on the report.

What don't I understand here? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

If you read the help file topic for DatePart you will see that it is working
exactly as it should. Use the Format() function instead.

DateMonth: Format([E_Date], "mmmm")