In my merge from Excel - my date displays as mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
I only want the mm/dd/yy portion. I have tried {MERGEFIELD "Finish_Date"
\@ "mm/dd/yy"} and I still get the other format. What am I missing?
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Debra H.

Have you tried updating the fields?

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In my merge from Excel - my date displays as mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
I only want the mm/dd/yy portion. I have tried {MERGEFIELD "Finish_Date"
\@ "mm/dd/yy"} and I still get the other format. What am I missing?
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Debra H.

Yes.
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Debra H.


"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Have you tried updating the fields?

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In my merge from Excel - my date displays as mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
I only want the mm/dd/yy portion. I have tried {MERGEFIELD "Finish_Date"
\@ "mm/dd/yy"} and I still get the other format. What am I missing?
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Debra H.

The switch should be \@ "MM/dd/yy". Sorry, I missed that.

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Yes.
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Debra H.


"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Have you tried updating the fields?

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In my merge from Excel - my date displays as mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
I only want the mm/dd/yy portion. I have tried {MERGEFIELD
"Finish_Date"
\@ "mm/dd/yy"} and I still get the other format. What am I missing?
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Debra H.