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Article ID: 95907 - Last Review: January 18, 2007 - Revision: 3.1
ACC: How to Display Only the Last Two Digits of Any Year
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
SUMMARY
This article describes how to display only the last two digits of the
year. The expression
displays all four digits of the current year (for example, 1993).
In order to display only the last two digits of the year (for example,
93), use one of the following expressions:
=Right(Str(Year(Now())),2)
The breakdown of expression 2 is:
- Now() returns the today's date and time.
- Year(Now()) returns the current year.
- Str(...) converts the date to a string data type.
- Right(...,2) returns the right two characters.
NOTE: The right two characters are returned as a text value. If you want
them to be returned as a number, use the following expression:
REFERENCES
For more information about the first expression, search the Help Index for
"formatting dates," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
For more information about the elements in the second expression, search
the Help Index for "year," "right," "str," or "now."
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
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