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  • 1.  Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 15:55
    How would I change the formula to display the year IF it is not the current year?

    var text MM = Right(ToText(Month([Date])),2);

    var text DD = Left(ToText(Day([Date])),2);

    If(IsNull([Date]), "",

    $MM &"/"& $DD)

    Also, if records are sorted highest to lowest by the (new) field, will higher (more recent) dates appear ABOVE the dates for the previous years?

    I could sort by the [Date] field, but I concatenate the field above with another with some text details.

    Thanks!


  • 2.  RE: Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 16:55
    No Problem

    var text MM = Right(ToText(Month([Date])),2);

    var text DD = Left(ToText(Day([Date])),2);

    var text YYYY = IF(Year([Date]) = Year(Today()), ToText(Year([Date]));

    If(IsNull([Date]), "",

    List("/", $MM,  $DD, $YYYY)


  • 3.  RE: Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 16:56
    Oh and to sort just sort on your date field even though it may not be used as a column on the report.


  • 4.  RE: Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 17:27

    I'm sorry, I pasted exactly and got an error about mismatched parenthesis. From what I could tell, another ")" should be added at the very end, but I'm still getting the same error.



  • 5.  RE: Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 17:37
    It was acryaully the one above whech was missing the )

    var text MM = Right(ToText(Month([Date])),2);

    var text DD = Left(ToText(Day([Date])),2);

    var text YYYY = IF(Year([Date]) = Year(Today()), ToText(Year([Date])));

    If(IsNull([Date]), "",

    List("/", $MM, $DD, $YYYY)


  • 6.  RE: Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 21:12

    For the record, I think you had = instead of <>. I corrected the formula and changed for two year characters below. Thank you!!!


    var text MM = Right(ToText (Month([Date])),2);

    var text DD = Left(ToText(Day([Date])),2);

    var text YY = If(Year([Date]) <> Year(Today()), Right(ToText(Year([Date])),2));

    If(IsNull([Date]), "",

    List("/", $MM, $DD, $YY))



  • 7.  RE: Add Year (if Not Current) to MM/DD

    Posted 05-23-2017 21:16
    Yes, I had that backwards. Glad to hear it's working.