[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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