Question

i have field Tdate (text type) on my Table MyTbl

i need query that sort by date, i try this:

select * from MyTbl order by Tdate

but because Tdate is Text i get wrong results

how to fix it ? is there any convert to date in access ?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can try using the CDate function like this:

select * from MyTbl order by CDate(Tdate)

Watch out for potential problems with the date format, e.g. “01/02/2011” could mean 1st Feb or 2nd Jan, the CDate function will use the locale settings on your system.