[AccessD] Date standardization

Thanks Doug:

That is a good point to remember. Before I get a copy of the data I will do
that check first.

Jim



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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:25 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Date standardization

I have had problems in BE databases when some of the client computers with
the FE dbs have had different regional settings for dates.  If you are
getting obviously invalid dates like 11/6/10 for data that you know was
entered in June, a client computer may have its Short Date format set as
dd/mm/yy, not mm/dd/yy.

Doug

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Jim
>
> This can only happen if dates are not stored as data type date/time but as
> text, and this can cause all sorts of trouble as validation is not
possible
> at the table level.
> If "wrong" dates are stored, say 12/5/2010 as 5/12/2010, only manual
> correction is possible unless you in some other way can sort the records.
>
> /gustav
>
>
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