[AccessD] Date Format Not Working

[Bill Benson]

Try format(cDate(Me.txtFromDate),"mm/dd/yy"). What I think is happening is
that format is not recognizing the argument as a genuine date, but rather
as text

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:

> Dear List:
>
> I'm having a problem with a date conversion.
>
> I have two unbound text boxes holding a date range  - txtFromDate and
> txtToDate.  They are formatted Long Date in the property sheet.
>
> When I need to filter the form to show only records in that date range, I
> need to convert it to a short date bracketed by # and embed in a SQL
> statement as part of the form filter.
>
> But whether I use Format(Me.txtFromDate,"Short Date") or
> format(Me.txtFromDate,"mm/dd/yy") the result is still the Long Date format
> which the Me.Filter chokes on.
>
> Mysterious - I cannot figure out why  Format(Me.txtFromDate,"Short Date")
> doesn't convert the date in the text box to mm/dd/yy format.
>
> MsgBox Format(Me.txtFromDate, "Short Date") still shows Tuesday June 14,
> 2015 and it ends up that way in the Filter which don't work.
>
> txtToDate behavior is the same.
>
>
> Any clues?  What am I missing/doing wrong?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
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