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    <title>topic Conversion numeric value into variable data in QlikView</title>
    <link>https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Conversion-numeric-value-into-variable-data/m-p/215079#M68559</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You should try something like&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;date(date#($(vMaxDate),'YYYYMMDD'), 'DD-MM-YYYY')&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;or&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;date(date#('$(vMaxDate)','YYYYMMDD'), 'DD-MM-YYYY')&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:12:40 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>danielrozental</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2010-09-23T14:12:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Conversion numeric value into variable data</title>
      <link>https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Conversion-numeric-value-into-variable-data/m-p/215078#M68558</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;generally i convert/use the date without problem, but in this case i don't obtain what I wont !&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The data is always show as 20100820 instead of 20-09-2010&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) Set is defined: &lt;B&gt;SET&lt;/B&gt; DateFormat&lt;B&gt;=&lt;/B&gt;'YYYYMMDD';&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2) I have created a variable data vMaxDate =&lt;B&gt;left&lt;/B&gt;(&lt;B&gt;max&lt;/B&gt;({1} &lt;B&gt;BPYYMD&lt;/B&gt;),8) (Where BPYYMD is a numeric field (not data) lenght 8 digits 20100920)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3) I have create a text box with an expression: = &lt;B&gt;date#&lt;/B&gt;(&lt;B&gt;$(vMaxDate)&lt;/B&gt;, 'DD-MM-YYYY') or = &lt;B&gt;date#&lt;/B&gt;(&lt;B&gt;vMaxDate&lt;/B&gt;, 'DD-MM-YYYY'), but the result is always wrong&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Many Thanks in advance&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:58:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2010-09-23T10:58:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Conversion numeric value into variable data</title>
      <link>https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Conversion-numeric-value-into-variable-data/m-p/215079#M68559</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You should try something like&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;date(date#($(vMaxDate),'YYYYMMDD'), 'DD-MM-YYYY')&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;or&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;date(date#('$(vMaxDate)','YYYYMMDD'), 'DD-MM-YYYY')&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:12:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Conversion-numeric-value-into-variable-data/m-p/215079#M68559</guid>
      <dc:creator>danielrozental</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-09-23T14:12:40Z</dc:date>
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