[AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question

Charlotte Foust cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Wed Mar 17 11:26:10 CST 2004


We're more flexible.  Users can double click a date field to pop up a
calendar or they can type in a date in their regional format.  Either
way, it gets displayed as a medium date because there is no ambiguity
with that format.

Charlotte Foust

-----Original Message-----
From: William Hindman [mailto:wdhindman at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:21 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question


...same here ...solves a LOT of problems :)

William Hindman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heenan, Lambert" <Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question


> My solution to date entry is simple - I never let user's type in a 
> date. They always pick the date from a simple calendar form (though I 
> don't  use the MS Calendar control). Click on a date field and up pops

> the date
picker.
> While this would not be suitable, perhaps, in applications where 
> massive numbers of dates need to be entered, I find it works just fine

> for me.
>
> Lambert
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arthur Fuller [SMTP:artful at rogers.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:47 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question
> >
> > The standard short date input mask (99/99/0000;0;_) has a 
> > shortcoming that I hate: you have to type 04/04/04 to get April 4th 
> > 2004. The year handling is nice but the month and day suck. The mask

> > won't let you type 4/4/04. Is there an alternative mask that will 
> > respond intelligently to such input? Or should I instead just remove

> > all the input masks from all the date fields?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Arthur
> >
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