Thanks for all your help getting the date into the date field - now how do I do it in reverse...I have a date in a date field and I want to be able to break it up into month day and year .... How do I break up the date field into seperate parts...
Adina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Manzotti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [ASP] putting a date into a date field > > Mike Schelling wrote: > > >I just have them enter date then use IsDate() to make > >sure they entered the date correctly. If you are going > >to use drop boxes then you can do something like: > > > >Request.Form("Month")&"/"&Request.Form("Day")&"/"&Request.Form("Year") > > > >to combine the information together. > > > Ok, I'm in the UK, and I have wasted many an hour fighting with a > database over date formats, but I consider it best practice to use the > ISO standard for dates, of year month day, rather than any > region-specific ones. Sure, your site will most likely be fine using US > format, but it's a good habit to get into, 'cos you never know when you > might be working on a server that isn't using US settings. > > manzo > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Post : [email protected] > Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [email protected] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
