Re: Form 3 and 4.5

From: Eric de Jonge <eric.de.jonge_at_icl.nl>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:34:02 GMT
Message-ID: <361240c1.5234417_at_news.cafevik.icl.co.uk>


On 29 Sep 1998 07:59:44 GMT, Ha Kong Kuen <kkha_at_hkusua.hku.hk> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am converting some forms 3.0 to forms 4.5. Under forms 3.0,
>I could specify format dd/mm/yyyy for an item under form 3.0 and
>if we enter 25011998, then the form will return 25/01/1998
>automatically. After converting to forms 4.5, without amending
>anything, if I entered the same string, the returned item is
>25/11/0098. Obviously, the first 0 and 9 are used as separator!!
>
>Any suggestion to fix this conversion anomaly. I have about 400 forms
>and about 1000 dates to fix.
>
>Ha Kong Kuen
>
use format mask DD-MM-RRRR Received on Wed Sep 30 1998 - 16:34:02 CEST

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