Re: Problem with date format mask , Forms 4.5.9.7

Rafael,

Try DD-MON-RRRR as mask.

BTW, my wife works for Public Works and Government Services Canada in Montreal....

Regards,

Marc Mazerolle
InforMaze Technologies

rafael caday wrote:

> Andrew Wallace wrote:
>
> > We have an application containing many date fields all with the
> > following
> > properties :- maximum length 11
> > fixed length false
> > format mask DD-MON-YYYY
> >
> > However , if only the last 2 digits of the year are entered , the mask
> >
> > defaults the century to 00.
> >
> > We have been unable so far to find a suitable
> > generic solution to this problem. I can`t believe I've not noticed
> > this
> > before. Potentially dates can be committed away to the database with
> > the
> > wrong century. It seems an unusual default to say the least.
> >
> > We dont want to have to go through every form in the application
> > putting
> > in extra code in when-validate-item triggers. Does anyone have any
> > ideas ?
> > Is this bug/quirk fixed in a later release of forms ?
> >
> > Any replies would be appreciated.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Andrew Wallace
> >
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 22:32:18 CET