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Asked: 2026-06-01T22:17:36+00:00

I am using Access 2010 as a front-end to a database on SQL Server

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I am using Access 2010 as a front-end to a database on SQL Server 2008. I have a date field which is stored as a nvarchar(50). I have the following value in the text field DateHr 12/04/11 16:49:23 , which should translate to April 11, 2012 4:49 PM (As is the date and time the record was created.).

I cannot change the datatype of the field to DateTime as it messes up the dates even more (Ex. 12/4/2011 4:49:23 PM). I cannot change the way the record is entered.

I need to display this field in the format “mm/dd/yy” and be able to do where clause in this format.

I have tried the following just to see if it displaying correctly but dtDate is displaying 11/12/04:

Select (Format(CDate([DateHr]),"yy/mm/dd")) as dtDate

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  1. Editorial Team

    Create a SQL Server view to expand the year component of the date text to 4 digits. Then SELECT CDate([DateHr]) AS dtDate FROM YourView should work from the Access side. However it might be better still to have the view cast the date text to an actual date type … then you could use it directly from Access without the need for CDate().

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