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TextToDate Problem - please help!

edelweissa
in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)

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In South Africa we use the date format dd/mm/yyyy. In order to do sorts in FM I need to change this format. I have managed to change the date to mm/dd/yyyy using a calculation. I can, however, only display the result as a text field. If I try to use TextToDate and change the field type to a date field, it displays nothing. I even tried to do the conversion first (as a text field) then do the TextToDate as a new calculation into a third field. It still displays nothing. Can anyone please help!!

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Originally posted by Edelweiss:

In South Africa we use the date format dd/mm/yyyy. In order to do sorts in FM I need to change this format. I have managed to change the date to mm/dd/yyyy using a calculation. I can, however, only display the result as a text field. If I try to use TextToDate and change the field type to a date field, it displays nothing. I even tried to do the conversion first (as a text field) then do the TextToDate as a new calculation into a third field. It still displays nothing. Can anyone please help!!

On your layout you can format the dates in anyway you wish. Look at the formatting options for date fields.

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