date+time input mask

[cloclo via AccessMonster.com]

Hi,
I have a textbox where I'd like users to input date and time in the format:
mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM (or PM).

My input mask is: 00/00/0000\ 00:00\ >LL

The format is General Date.

The column this textbox is bound to on the table is date/time with format of
General Date.

When I input a date and time, I'm getting an error. I input 03/31/2010 01:
15 AM. When I tab off the field, I get the following message: "The value you
entered isn't valid for this field".

What am I doing wrong?

thanks.
CLO

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

You need to understand the Microsoft date format. Dates are Doubles ("with
an attitude" IOW, just any Double won't necessarily work) Zero (0) is
December 30, 1899. The integer portion of the double (actually more
appropriately called a long) or portion to the left of the decimal which
counts the number of days since 12/30/1899. The decimal portion (to the
right of the decimal point) is the time portion. So .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00
PM, etc..

No matter how you enter the date, it will store it that way. So just make
sure that both date and time are entered, and use the format property to
display it the way you want. Any input mask that you use must be matched
from the table. So if you are using a General Date, change it in the table.

 

[cloclo via AccessMonster.com]

Hi,
For anyone else with this issue, here is the mask that finally worked:
99/99/0000\ 99:00:00\ >LL;0;_
use it in good health.

 

[cloclo via AccessMonster.com]

thank you Arvin, for the response.

You need to understand the Microsoft date format. Dates are Doubles ("with
an attitude" IOW, just any Double won't necessarily work) Zero (0) is
December 30, 1899. The integer portion of the double (actually more
appropriately called a long) or portion to the left of the decimal which
counts the number of days since 12/30/1899. The decimal portion (to the
right of the decimal point) is the time portion. So .5 is noon, .75 is 6:00
PM, etc..

No matter how you enter the date, it will store it that way. So just make
sure that both date and time are entered, and use the format property to
display it the way you want. Any input mask that you use must be matched
from the table. So if you are using a General Date, change it in the table.

Hi,
I have a textbox where I'd like users to input date and time in the

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thanks.
CLO