[AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question

We just format the display to medium date and let them enter the date
according to their system settings.  That satisfies both needs.  If they
just want to enter a month and day or month and year, we capture that as
a string and convert it appropriately.  Input masks for dates are
problematic in an internationalized application.

Charlotte Foust

-----Original Message-----
From: Heenan, Lambert [mailto:Lambert.Heenan at aig.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:22 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
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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