Question

I have a problem with Access 2010. I’m using the included datepicker with the default textbox.

Where i work, there are computers that are in US date format (mm/dd/yyyy), and others in Canada date format (dd/mm/yyyy)

I cannot change the regional option of those computers.

I have succeded to force the date with format(date,"dd/mm/yyyy")

But when i chose a date with the default datepicker, it goes with the windows regional option, in this case, (mm/dd/yyyy) but in other computer, it will be ok, in (dd/mm/yyyy). I need to overide the dateformat with the datepicker but i don’t know how.

This is a screenshot, the dateformat is in US format, and it’s not okay.

Answer 1

I’m sure there’s a more elegant way to do this, but I guess you could detect the locale-determined date format with something like this:

If CInt(Left(CStr(DateSerial(2012, 1, 2)), 2)) = 2 Then
    MsgBox "Canadian locale, date format dd/mm/yyyy."
Else
    MsgBox "US locale, date format mm/dd/yyyy."
End If

Then based on this, interpret the date-picker-chosen date and re-display it in your format of choice.