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09-30-2024, 07:02 PM

macropod

Windows 10 Convert data from string to date

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It shouldn't matter whether the data are coming through as strings - the date field switches (e.g. \@ "DDD D MMMM YYYY") should still be able to provide the required formatting - you don't need to convert the data to a Word DATE field (which wouldn't be possible anyway).

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