Comments on: MS Access 2007 Date Query Question

By: smidkiff

smidkiff — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:51:55 +0000

No problem. I really appreciate the input. Your input gave me the results I was hoping for.

By: orangehat

orangehat — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:46:25 +0000

sorry or the -52 error. (-54) I don’t know what I thinking when I did that.

By: smidkiff

smidkiff — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:07:20 +0000

I had already made the correction for -54 vice -52. I appreciate all the help.

By: tlsanders1

tlsanders1 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:19:01 +0000

And I think you want -54 for 4 1/2 years instead of -52.

By: smidkiff

smidkiff — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:51:37 +0000

Thanks. I appreciate the response. I’ll take a look at that.

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:34:33 +0000

"So, if the user inputs a specific date, (i.e. Sep 2011)" "Sep 2011" is not a specific date. It represents a month. To be able to compare this kind of data to a date field you need to convert the entered data into a date format. You will probably need to concatenate a day, and the convert the string to a date. Take a look at the DateValue and DateSerial functions.

By: smidkiff

smidkiff — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:01:38 +0000

Thanks for the response. This patrially worked. When I ran the query without specifying a date per your instructions it reruned the correct date for the field. If I tried entering a month and year it returned nothing. So, if the user inputs a specific date, (i.e. Sep 2011) you get 0 returns eventhough there are numerous records that are 4 1/2 years older than that date. If I don’t enter any date I get the entire table returned (600+ records) with the appropriate date listed (i.e. the date field + 4 1/2 years).

How can I format the criteria the say give me the dates that are 54 months or older than the date entered?

By: orangehat

orangehat — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:59 +0000

typo. I retyped it with errors. take out the periods.
>DateAdd(“m”,-52,[Enter date IE June 2011])