Daze to Dates

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21057
interpreted = N
texte = Call me anything but late for supper.... but I can't grasp anyones' explaination to sort dates right!Either ascending OR descending.Days to Date conversions? Sorry, no lo comprendo!Someone walk me through this:My input comes say from a pull-down menu naming thedate 02/02/1998writes to the db: 02/02/1998When I ask for [thedate] &thisway or &thatway, it don't sort in date order, ever!Ok.. use days to date conversion, you say.How?What do I need around the input value to make it work? What to I need around the value when it is written to the db? What do I need around the [value] when it is called back to a page? and What needs to surround the value during a search?Hold my hand thru this. I am totally lost.Whats the magic code to covert original input in mm/dd/yyyy to the converted method, store it and convert it back so a normal person can understand what day it really is and is in date order.ThanksMooseman Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Daze to Dates (bobm 1998)
  2. Daze to Dates (The Mooseman 1998)
  3. Daze to Dates (The Mooseman 1998)
Call me anything but late for supper.... but I can't grasp anyones' explaination to sort dates right!Either ascending OR descending.Days to Date conversions? Sorry, no lo comprendo!Someone walk me through this:My input comes say from a pull-down menu naming thedate 02/02/1998writes to the db: 02/02/1998When I ask for [thedate] &thisway or &thatway, it don't sort in date order, ever!Ok.. use days to date conversion, you say.How?What do I need around the input value to make it work? What to I need around the value when it is written to the db? What do I need around the [value] when it is called back to a page? and What needs to surround the value during a search?Hold my hand thru this. I am totally lost.Whats the magic code to covert original input in mm/dd/yyyy to the converted method, store it and convert it back so a normal person can understand what day it really is and is in date order.ThanksMooseman The Mooseman

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