YMDFormat ( theDate )

Reformats a given date into text as YYYY-MM-DD

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David Goetzka - Show more from this author
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Sample input:

YMDFormat( 1/1/1986 )

Sample output:

1986-01-01

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Year(theDate) 
& "-" &
Case(
Month (theDate) = 1; "01";
Month (theDate) = 2; "02";
Month (theDate) = 3; "03";
Month (theDate) = 4; "04";
Month (theDate) = 5; "05";
Month (theDate) = 6; "06";
Month (theDate) = 7; "07";
Month (theDate) = 8; "08";
Month (theDate) = 9; "09";
Month( theDate)
)
& "-" &
Case(
Day(theDate) = 1; "01";
Day(theDate) = 2; "02";
Day(theDate) = 3; "03";
Day(theDate) = 4; "04";
Day(theDate) = 5; "05";
Day(theDate) = 6; "06";
Day(theDate) = 7; "07";
Day(theDate) = 8; "08";
Day(theDate) = 9; "09";
Day(theDate)
)

This is my first shot at a custom function, so don't laugh. ;-) I basically needed to reformat a date in the format of YYYY-MM-DD to send as a text string.

Comments

		Peter Bouma, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jan 27, 2010
Instead of Case statements I'd prefer: Year(theDate) & "-" & Right("00" & Month(theDate); 2) & "-" & Right("00" & Day(theDate); 2)

		John Pollard, sac, ca Jun 9, 2016
Nice clarification there. Started with a good idea made better. Thx

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YMDFormat ( theDate )

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