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  1. Jan 8th, 2004, 03:49 AM #1
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    Dates from VB into SQL

    Hi

    I have a table which contains a date field....when the fields data
    type is set to date/time the format changes to MM/DD/YYYY but
    yet when the datatype is set to char the format is perfect......

    Why does this happen?.....I'm using a SQL stmt in my VB app to
    update the field......

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    because of regional settings i guess
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  3. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:04 AM #3
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    Peet

    Thanks for replying but the date regional settings are set to
    'dd-mm-yyyy'...??

    Thanks

    Has anyone any suggestions?
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    oh...

    well I do not know why then


    I do not know the date fields too good... reason being I NEVER use them.... Use text fields
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  6. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:09 AM #5
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    It's not the regional settings where you think - it's inside the database engine that matters... and they are all american ('mm-dd-yyyy') by default.

    the way around it is to always send dates to databases in this format: "DD MMM YYYY"
    ..so there can be no confusion about which part of the date is which.
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  7. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:16 AM #6
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    Si..Thanks for replying

    so instead of trying to send/format the date as DD-MM-YYYY use
    DD-MMM-YYYY - ????

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  8. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:25 AM #7
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    yep.. "DD MMM YYYY" works for all database systems I have tried it on
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  9. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:34 AM #8
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    mmm I gave up dates a looooong time ago


    all dates saved as YYYYMMDD in text fields..
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  11. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:37 AM #9
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    noooooo!!

    oh well, I definitely wouldnt recommend it, but it's up to you
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  12. Jan 8th, 2004, 05:40 AM #10
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    heheeh yeahh... thats the beuty of it... its all up to me... the evil progger
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    Hey Si..... it works a treat....Thanks very much!!!
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