[AccessD] String to Date

You may of tried this, but couldn't you declare a variable as a date and
then pass the date string into it, then check if the date variable is
between the date range ?

Paul

On 26 November 2012 06:41, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:

> Nope, that just returns True/False - in this case, True
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> On 25 Nov 2012 at 21:45, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>
> > WAG:  would IsDate function do it?
> >
> > Rocky
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> > Sent: Monday, 26 November 2012 3:49 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: [AccessD] String to Date
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> > Given a string of the form "2012/12/26", how can I turn it into a date? I
> > want to test whether the given date-string falls within the range of a
> pair
> > of actual dates. Is there a StrToDate() function or some equivalent? If
> need
> > be, it won't take long to write one, but I before I begin I want to make
> > sure I'm not reinventing something built-in or readily available.
> >
> > TIA,
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