DatePart

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I have a date field with data in date format i.e. 6/17/2004. In a report column, I want to display 6/17. I am trying to use datepart to do this but I can't get the syntax right. Can anyone help? Thanks.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

DatePart can only give you one part of the date: only the day, only the
month, and so on. To get both, either use the Format function:

Format([MyDate], "m/d")

or use DatePart twice:

DatePart("m", [MyDate]) & "/" & DatePart("d", [MyDate])

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I have a date field with data in date format i.e. 6/17/2004. In a report

column, I want to display 6/17. I am trying to use datepart to do this but I
can't get the syntax right. Can anyone help? Thanks.

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

I have a date field with data in date format i.e. 6/17/2004. In a
report column, I want to display 6/17. I am trying to use datepart to
do this but I can't get the syntax right. Can anyone help? Thanks.

It's probably easiest just to use the Format property of the text box,
or the Format function, to format the date field the way you want. The
format string you want is "m/dd". For example

?Format(#6/17/2004#, "m/dd")
6/17

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

You could use the Format() function:

Format([MyDateField], "m/d")
or
Format([MyDateField], "mm/dd")



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Cheryl Fischer, MVP Microsoft Access
Law/Sys Associates, Houston, TX

I have a date field with data in date format i.e. 6/17/2004. In a report

column, I want to display 6/17. I am trying to use datepart to do this but I
can't get the syntax right. Can anyone help? Thanks.