Jim Lawrence (AccessD)
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri May 21 05:26:17 CDT 2004
Hi Rocky: Sorry, I am having a problem understanding your problem. I just can not understand why the current date, from host computer can not be processed to meet and be tested against your encrypted date...I am completely missing your point. Please explain more. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:23 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Date Format Again Jim: One problem - I'm not using a regular date. I'm assembling the date which is encoded in a key. So to build the date, I need to know the format to construct it in - mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy. I then compare it to the system date to see if the license has expired. Rocky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lawrence (AccessD)" <accessd at shaw.ca> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:04 PM Subject: RE: [AccessD] Date Format Again > Hi Rocky: > > Why do you not use this piece of code to check the date. It does not matter > what is the format of the date, in which region because a Day is still a > day, a Month is still a month and so on... The following code will translate > any date. > > if format(DateSerial(Year(Date), Month(Date), Day(Date)),"yyyymmdd") > > MyCutoffDate then... > > Just pick your required result format. > > HTH > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - > Beach Access Software > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:06 AM > To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [AccessD] Date Format Again > > > Dear List: > > I thought I had the date format problem solved but in Taiwan they use the US > format but they've got their machines set to yyyy-mm-dd. > > The problem is that I have a license expiration date encrypted in a key and > so the routine that decodes the key yields (among other things) the > expiration date which I compare to the system date. > > So I guess I'm going to have to use an API to get the regional setting for > short date format? I've been mucking around in the Knowledgebase but can't > seem to find what I want. > > Does anyone know the format for retrieving this item? > > I guess I will have to use a Select Case on the short date format to do the > decryption to yield a short date in the local format. And just add cases as > I find more short date formats. > > MTIA, > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > http://www.e-z-mrp.com > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com