Question

I have crystal reports and in formula editor, based on date.

If {?PDATERANGE1} <> "" AND {?PDATERANGE2} <> "" Then
    ToText(DateValue({?PDATERANGE1}), "MMM d, yyyy") & " - " & ToText(DateValue({?PDATERANGE2}), "MMM d, yyyy")

I am calling this from ASP and PDATERANGE1 and PDATERANGE2 are “10/10/2001” and “10/12/2001”.

I am getting the following error.

Bad date format string. Details: errorKind Error in File {B6624BE5-D6DA-469B-A635-9FE86B125492}.rpt: Error in formula dt_range: ‘If {?PDATERANGE1} <> “” AND {?PDATERANGE2} <> “” Then ‘ Bad date format string. Details: errorKind

Could someone please tell me what is wrong? I am not a crystal reports developer.

Answer 1

If the values of {?PDATERANGE1} and {?PDATERANGE2} include double quotes – so that they are "10/10/2001" and "10/12/2001" respectively – then these double quotes need to be removed (so that they become 10/10/2001 and 10/12/2001 respectively).