[Brian M[_2_]]

On merging from excel and access the date fields are changed from UK to US
format. i have altered the field codes using \@ "dd/MM/yy" the day and year
changed fine but the month is displayed as 00. how can i get the date to stop
converting to US format or show in UK format DD/MM/YY?

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the "Dates: day/month reversed" item under the "Connection methods"
topic of the "Mail merge in Word 2002" section of fellow MVP Cindy
Meister's website at
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MergFram.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Brian M" Brian wrote in message
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On merging from excel and access the date fields are changed from UK to US
format. i have altered the field codes using \@ "dd/MM/yy" the day and
year
changed fine but the month is displayed as 00. how can i get the date to
stop
converting to US format or show in UK format DD/MM/YY?