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swati
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Hi all,i have two fields i.e; start date time & end date time.when i print these dates with CSV as output i am getting the output as 2.01007E+16
& 2.01005E+16


but if i use excel or Html format as output i am getting the start date time & end date time as 2010/07/22 17:06:23 & 2010/05/05 14:58:59.

How to get the CSV Output dates also as of the excel/Html format as mentioned above.

please suggest...

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Prarie
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Change the date to Alpha something like this
RUN_DATE/MDYY=&MDYY;
DATE2/A10=DATETRAN(RUN_DATE, '(MDYY)', '(-)', 'EN', 10, DATE2)


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swati
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Hi prarie,

the DATETRAN function works for the date fields only,But i have the start date time & end date time fields.so start date time field has date and also time together ,similarly for the end date time.the format is 2010/07/22 17:06:23 .


please advise How can i get this work.


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Prarie
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Try searching on HCNVRT.
 
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Waz
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You will find that the date time fields are OK in the CSV file, check with a text editor.

as the date time is a large number, excel will always show it in scientific format.

The question is what will be using this CSV file ?

Is it Excel, then your should format the date time as Prarie suggests.

If its for some other program, then you may not have to, in fact formatting it as a string may cause problems.


Waz...

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HCNVRT works fine.thanks all.


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