Date format

[#1]

I have a field called FECHA_SOLICITUD

contains several dates (if a show
list box does show the date format
with their respective hours )

I draw a list box on the deadline
putting in a list box as follows:

max ( FECHA_SOLICITUD )

It perfect but detail is that I
he is giving in " text " format and i need it
"Date " (date and time )

How could I do to make me become
date format?

Thanks in advance : )

[swuehl]

Not sure if I fully understand your request, but to format the number returned by max(FECHA_SOLICITUD), you can use Date() or Timestamp() function:

=Date( max( FECHA_SOLICITUD) )

or

=Timestamp( max( FECHA_SOLICITUD) )

You can also specify a format code, like

=Date(max(FECHA_SOLICITUD), 'YYYY-MM-DD')

=Timestamp(max(FECHA_SOLICITUD), 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss')

[#3]

Exactly , I just used because these formats
as Date or Date #, Timestamp or Timestamp #

Still not working 

Thanks anyway.

[swuehl]

Sorry, I don't understand.

Does

max(FECHA_SOLICITUD)

return a number? If yes, then you should be able to format the number using Date() or Timestamp().

If not, then we need to look into your values of field FECHA_SOLICITUD.

Could you please post samples of these field values?

[svenkita]

Following is the sample code

Tmp:
Load *, Date(Date#(SHIFT_DAY,'YYYYMMDD'),'DD/MM/YYYY') as NewShiftDate,
Timestamp(Timestamp#(CLOCK_IN_OUT,'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm'),'DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm') as NewClockInOut,
Num(Timestamp(Timestamp#(CLOCK_IN_OUT,'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm'),'DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm')) as NewClockInOutNum;
  LOAD * INLINE [
BRANCH_ID, EMPLOYEE_ID, CLOCK_IN_OUT, SHIFT_DAY
24, 413481137, 6/17/2015 15:01, 20150617
24, 413481137, 6/18/2015 3:36, 20150617
24, 516151270, 6/17/2015 11:36, 20150617
24, 516151270, 6/17/2015 19:26, 20150617
];

Also attached is the sample file

Hope this helps

[Anonymous]

Venkita,

In your example, there is something to simplify.  There is no need for the timestamp() here

Num(Timestamp(Timestamp#(CLOCK_IN_OUT,'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm'),'DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm')) as NewClockInOutNum

It is enough to use it this way:

Num(Timestamp#(CLOCK_IN_OUT,'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm')) as NewClockInOutNum

[svenkita]

Just wanted to show the options of converting the date to the format of Choice.

& the option of converting to num format as well which is easier to handle