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Old January 9th, 2008, 08:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
John
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Hi,
In Access 2007, how can I show a date as Jan 08 when the date was selected
as 01/01/2008 using the date picker tool?

Is this possible.

Regards

John

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Old January 9th, 2008, 08:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
fredg
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:35:33 -0000, John wrote:

Hi,
In Access 2007, how can I show a date as Jan 08 when the date was selected
as 01/01/2008 using the date picker tool?

Is this possible.

Regards

John


Set the Format property of the control to:
mmm yy

This will only affect the display. The value will still be 1/1/2008
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Old January 9th, 2008, 08:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Douglas J. Steele
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Show it where? If in a text box, set the text box's Format property to mmm
yy

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"John" wrote in message
...
Hi,
In Access 2007, how can I show a date as Jan 08 when the date was selected
as 01/01/2008 using the date picker tool?

Is this possible.

Regards

John



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Old January 9th, 2008, 08:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
John
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Guys....
You are the best.

Regards

John

"Douglas J. Steele" wrote in message
...
Show it where? If in a text box, set the text box's Format property to mmm
yy

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


"John" wrote in message
...
Hi,
In Access 2007, how can I show a date as Jan 08 when the date was
selected as 01/01/2008 using the date picker tool?

Is this possible.

Regards

John




 




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