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docmig Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Topic: Convert string to date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 5:45pm
	I have a string in the format mm/dd/yy that I need to convert to a date in CR. The years are all 2000 or greater. How do I do this?
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rkrowland Senior Member Joined: 20 Dec 2011 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 259	Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 3:13am
	date("20" & right({table.field},2),left({table.field},2),mid({table.field},4,2)) Regards, Ryan. Edited by rkrowland - 19 Mar 2012 at 3:14am
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docmig Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 6:05am
	Thanks but when putting in the formula I get the following error when checking it: Too many arguments have been given to this function Any ideas? Crystal Reports 10
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 7:12am
	date(table.field) should also work Edited by DBlank - 20 Mar 2012 at 7:13am
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 7:40am
	Ryan's version would be date(tonumber("20" & right({table.field},2)),tonumber(left({table.field},2)),tonumber(mid({table.field},4,2)))
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docmig Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 20 Mar 2012 at 10:42am
	Many thanks! Worked perfectly.
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