[AccessD] International date format problem

Better than Format?

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: 01 August 2012 17:06
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] International date format problem

I always use the following, it works on any PC regardless of what their
local date format is.   

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Stuart

& "' AND DueDate = Datevalue('" _
& rstPODetail!fldPODDateRequired & "') AND PartNumber = '" _

On 1 Aug 2012 at 16:06, Rocky Smolin wrote:

> Dear List:
>  
> I have the following line which works fine here with mm/dd/yyyy but 
> does not work for my client in Mexico where the date format is dd/mm/yyyy:
>  
>     rstSupply.FindFirst "OrderNumber = '" & Me.txtPONumber & " - " & 
> rstPODetail!fldPODLineNumber _
>         & "' AND DueDate = #" _
>         & rstPODetail!fldPODDateRequired & "# AND PartNumber = '" _
>         & rstPODetail!fldPODPartNumber & "'"
> 
>  
> where fldPODDateRequired is Date/Time data type.  This is A2K3 BTW.  
> When date format is set in Windows to dd/mm/yyyy 
> rstSupply.NoMatch=True, when date format is mm/dd/yyyy 
> rstSupply.NoMatch = false (finds the record)
>  
> I think I may have this problem in other places in the code.  Is there 
> a general method to avoid this problem?
>  
> MTIA
>  
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 858-259-4334
> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com 
> <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/>
> Skype: rocky.smolin
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