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Default How do I convert a date/time field in a merge field?

TEB1824,
Try using the following switch after the date mergefield:

\@ "DDDD MMMM dd, yyyy"

Take note for the day of the week I used four (4) capital "D"'s.

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"TEB1824" wrote in message
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I created a report in Crystal Reports. I exported the report into excel
with
all the appropriate fields. I created the mail merge file in Microsoft
word.
I basically edited all the text fields to my satisfaction. However I have
a
date/time field that refuses to be converted to the desired format, dddd,
MMMM dd, yyyy, which is Tuesday, March 18, 2008. It is seems to be stuck on
the M/d/yyyy h:mm am/pm format which is 3/18/2008 12:00 AM. It doesn't
change no matter how I change the format in either excel or Crystal Reports.
How can this be corrected?