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jbalbo Senior Member Joined: 17 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 219	Topic: String to date +/- 5 days?? Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 8:32am
	HI I have a string variable on a table as '12/01/2012' I need to use it in record selection to compare to a date field +/- 5 days something like {?Pm-@Admit+90} in cdate({USER_DEFINED_DATA.CAD6}-5) to cdate({USER_DEFINED_DATA.CAD6}+5) but this isn't working.... Thanks Joe
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jbalbo Senior Member Joined: 17 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 219	Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 8:44am
	Datevalue doesnt work:(
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 8:55am
	is yoyur string variable the {?pm-@admit+90} or is it the actual field {USER_DEFINED_DATA.CAD6}
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jbalbo Senior Member Joined: 17 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 219	Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 9:01am
	its {USER_DEFINED_DATA.CAD6}
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 9:04am
	Move your parenths {?Pm-@Admit+90} in cdate({USER_DEFINED_DATA.CAD6})-5 to cdate({USER_DEFINED_DATA.CAD6})+5
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jbalbo Senior Member Joined: 17 Feb 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 219	Posted: 04 Oct 2012 at 9:08am
	wow that was much easier than what I was working on trying to parse the string etc....lol Thanks so much...
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