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Import from CSV - date format issue


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Hello People!

I could sware I saw some posts about date issues and now are nowhere to be found on the forums....but perhaps I dream about it.

In any case, I get an odd FM result when importing data from CSV file.

In CSV file mu "date field" is in format of mm/dd/yyyy

and "date field" in FM accepts it fine but the "2yk -like" issue appears where

FM field is defined as DATE

1/22/2001 is imported as 1/22/1901

if I define the field (in FM) as TEXT or NUMBER it imports year in 2 digit

1/22/2001 is imported as 1/22/01

FM is updated and auto-entry into date fields is in correct format...it is only the import that troubles me. frown.gif

Any advice is apprechiated!

many thanx!

Version: v6.x

Platform: Windows 2000

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"In CSV file mu "date field" is in format of mm/dd/yyyy "

Are you sure? What program are you viewing the CSV data in? Excel has a tendency to modify data without asking or notifying, best use a simple text editor like Note Pad.

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Hey Vaughan!

Thanx for the tip...ur were right....when viewd in notepad the actual date is in format of dd/mm/yy

strange, I never knew about excel "auto-twisting" the output.

Works for me! smile.gif

Thanx!

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