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Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2021, at 5:50 PM, BILL MILYARD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Razzak: > Thanks for you quick response. You're going to think I've lost my mind. I > explained it backwards I want to convert a text to a date. > > vDate is TEXT and > vServiceDate is DATE > set var vServiceDate = (.vDate) > > Sorry, Bill > > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of A. > Razzak Memon <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 4:45 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - Date Conversion > > Bill, > > Here's how: > > SET VAR vServiceDate TEXT = NULL > SET VAR vServiceDate = (CTXT(.vDate)) > > That's all there is to it! > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak > > > At 04:30 PM 3/27/2021, bmilyard wrote: > > >This should be easy but for some reason I can't get it to work. I > >need to convert a date variable to a text variable. In my program > >I'm setting a date to a text variable as: > > > >set var vServiceDate = (.vDate) > >vServiceDate is a TEXT type and > >vDate is a DATE type > > > >I've tried several Conversion, Date and String functions but none > >work. I know I've done it in the past but can't hit on a > >solution. What am I doing wrong? > >Bill > > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/0LfCve-1m1WV7166q-00olZl%40mrelay.perfora.net. > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/BLAPR10MB5345597A4A13CB1E5E84F514CB609%40BLAPR10MB5345.namprd10.prod.outlook.com. -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/32DB3AF0-6E74-4320-94F9-A0808404EF94%40comcast.net.
