Type Conversion Functions in Microsoft Access: CCur, CDate, CDbl, CDec, CInt, CLng, CStr, and More.

In this Microsoft Access tutorial I&going to teach you how to take text from one field in your database and convert it to another format like a date using the built-in type conversion functions. Charlotte from Raleigh, North Carolina (a Platinum Member) asks: I get a spreadsheet from one of my suppliers and dates are formatted as YYYYMMDD. After I import them into my database, they come in as text. How can I get them into a normal date field? If I try importing them into a date field, I get a "type conversion failure" error. Help! BECOME A MEMBER: LEARN MORE: PREREQUISITES: LINKS: RECOMMENDED COURSES: FREE TEMPLATE DOWNLOADS: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: KEYWORDS: access 2016, access 2019, access 2021, access 365, microsoft access, ms access, ms access tutorial, Type Conversion Functions, CBool, CByte, CCur, CDate, CDbl, CDec, CInt, CLng, CSng, CStr, CVar, Left, Right, Mid, Format, Converting Data Types, Importing From Text File, Type Conversion Failure, convert text to date, convert text to number, fixing date/time import error, import spreadsheet QUESTIONS: Please feel free to post your questions or comments below. Thanks.