Date Format Changes in Excel

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Jhoe_(Guest)
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Date Format Changes in Excel

Post by Jhoe_(Guest) » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:43 am

Good morning,____I would like to ask what could be the possible solution to a date format that converts to special characters when exported to Excel. ____example:__date format in R&R (mm/dd/yy): 02/12/06____when I export the file to Excel, date becomes: TB_____All other data exports successfully to Excel the way they should be except the dates.____Please help!____Thank you very much.

kfleming
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=> RE: Date Format Changes in Excel

Post by kfleming » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:20 am

In your report, create a DTOC() field in place of the actual date field on the layout. This will generate date output that will correctly recognized in Excel.____Kathleen__R&R Support

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==> RE: Date Format Changes in Excel

Post by Jhoe_(Guest) » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:37 am

Thank you very much! That worked for my report.____Best regards.

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