Daze to Dates
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texte = Call me anything but late for supper.... but Ican'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 thedate02/02/1998writes to the db: 02/02/1998When I ask for [thedate] &thisway or &thatway, it don't sort in dateorder, 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?andWhat 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 tothe converted method, store it and convert it back so a normalperson can understand what day it really is and is in date order.ThanksMooseman
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Call me anything but late for supper.... but Ican'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 thedate02/02/1998writes to the db: 02/02/1998When I ask for [thedate] &thisway or &thatway, it don't sort in dateorder, 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?andWhat 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 tothe converted method, store it and convert it back so a normalperson can understand what day it really is and is in date order.ThanksMooseman
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