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Date form field incorrect result
I did a search on this but found nothing. I would think it would be a known
issue. I have a date form field, format MMMM YYYY. If I enter "10/06" the result is "October 2007". I'm not sure how it figures "2007" from "06", but it does. Is there a resolution for this? |
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Date form field incorrect result
Word evaluates the entry in terms of MM/dd/yyyy before it applies your
formatting. It looks at "10/06" and evaluates it as October 6 in the current year. Then the MMMM YYYY formatting strips out the dd part and leaves you with October 2007. If you try the same input a year from now, the field will display October 2008. The only resolution I know of would be to enter a full three-part date with any valid day, such as "10/1/06". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Wraithchilde wrote: I did a search on this but found nothing. I would think it would be a known issue. I have a date form field, format MMMM YYYY. If I enter "10/06" the result is "October 2007". I'm not sure how it figures "2007" from "06", but it does. Is there a resolution for this? |
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Date form field incorrect result
Thanks for the answer. That clarified what goes on behind the field well.
There is another solution, which is to type "10/2006", but you have to understand the people I'm working with. Typing the extra two digits increases the complexity of their job (in their mind) such that they might ask for a raise. In the least they'll probably ask me to write a macro that will handle the date so they can continue to enter only the minimum number of digits. |
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Date form field incorrect result
Wraithchilde wrote:
Thanks for the answer. That clarified what goes on behind the field well. There is another solution, which is to type "10/2006", but you have to understand the people I'm working with. Typing the extra two digits increases the complexity of their job (in their mind) such that they might ask for a raise. In the least they'll probably ask me to write a macro that will handle the date so they can continue to enter only the minimum number of digits. LOL -- I guess there's no harm in asking. |
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