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    stokovich is offline Novice
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    Problem with datetime2 field type after Access 2016 Runtime update to build version 2009

    Hello all.



    We have FE application in MS Access ( Developed on Office 365 Pro Plus ) that is linked to a MS SQL Express DB as BE. After Access Runtime 2016 was updated to version 13231.20262 ( build 2009 ), the datetime2 fields in the tables started to be interpreted as text. This only happens when the field is connected to a declared variable in VBA and used in a form. If we make a new form in Access and link the field through the Access UI, the field is correctly interpreted as date. Before the update there was no problem with this data type and VBA. Everything was working as intended. I hope this is a bug from Microsoft's end, but if someone can elaborate on the issue and give us an advice, it would be great.

    Additionally we saw that now the data type in Access is Date/Time Extended. Before the update it was Date/Time. Maybe this is the issue. VBA does not work correctly with this newly introduced data type still?
    Thank you in advance.



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    make a query to to break up the text field, into normal Date/time.
    usage in qry: cvt2Date([field])

    Code:
    function cvt2Date(pvVal)
    dim m,d,y
    if isnull(pvVal) then exit function
    
    y = left(pvVal,4)
    m = mid(pvval,5,2)
    d = mid(pvval,7,2)
    
    cvt2Date= m & "/" & d & "/" & y
    end function

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    Do you really need the extra precion given by datetime2? If you don't need the fractional precision up to 100 nano seconds, I advise to use the datetime field type. If you don't need the time registration you could even do with the date format.

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    This link from 4 years ago probably explains why (in your case) and what the solution could be

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...fields-as-text

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    Quote Originally Posted by NoellaG View Post
    Do you really need the extra precion given by datetime2? If you don't need the fractional precision up to 100 nano seconds, I advise to use the datetime field type. If you don't need the time registration you could even do with the date format.
    You are right. We don't need such precision. "date" would be enough. We will convert data type in SQL. Thank you for the input!

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    stokovich is offline Novice
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    Thank you for the input and the code. It will be useful for us.

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