Join Dates from 2 tables with different formats in a query

[Qaspec]

Table A was created with Dates and Time in each record and even when I change
the table format to Short Date to match table B (which has date but no time
data) the query will still not reurn any values because the date values are
not being considred even. How can I get the Date\Time in table a to be Date
only?

 

[vanderghast]

You apply DateValue to the dateTime field:

....
FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.DateOnlyField = DateValue(table2.DateAndTimeValue)
.....



Applying a format is only a cosmetic, a makeup. The real thing is left
unchanged by a format unless you capture the result of the format itself,
which is then a string, so you would have to convert it back to a date:

CDate(Format(now, "mm/dd/yyyy"))


but that is much more expensive than using DateValue.



Vanderghast, Access MVP