Conditional Formatting with a date

Hi all,
I have some dates in a recordset in english format dd/mm/yyyy
If the date returned is 1st Jan of any year then i just want the year to be
displayed.
i.e date returned = 1/1/2000 i just want to display the year so... (yyyy)
if the date is 1/3/2000 then return the whole date
Is this possible through conditional formatting?
--
Thanks in advance,
Dave HuntDave,
I don't think it will work via conditional formatting.
But you can use the following expresion for your value:
=IIF( date.Value = New Date(Year( date.Value), 1, 1), Year(date.Value),
date.Value) with date.Value as your date return value.
Jan Pieter Posthuma
"DustpanDave" wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have some dates in a recordset in english format dd/mm/yyyy
> If the date returned is 1st Jan of any year then i just want the year to be
> displayed.
> i.e date returned = 1/1/2000 i just want to display the year so... (yyyy)
> if the date is 1/3/2000 then return the whole date
> Is this possible through conditional formatting?
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Hunt|||hi jan,
=IIF (Fields!StartDate.Value =New Date(Year(Fields!StartDate.Value), 1,
1),'yyyy','MMMM yyyy')
If i do this code in the function of the properties of the field then i get
an error saying 'Expression expected'
would this code work if i put it in the value part of the field?
--
Thanks in advance,
Dave Hunt
"Jan Pieter Posthuma" wrote:
> Dave,
> I don't think it will work via conditional formatting.
> But you can use the following expresion for your value:
> =IIF( date.Value = New Date(Year( date.Value), 1, 1), Year(date.Value),
> date.Value) with date.Value as your date return value.
> Jan Pieter Posthuma
> "DustpanDave" wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have some dates in a recordset in english format dd/mm/yyyy
> >
> > If the date returned is 1st Jan of any year then i just want the year to be
> > displayed.
> >
> > i.e date returned = 1/1/2000 i just want to display the year so... (yyyy)
> >
> > if the date is 1/3/2000 then return the whole date
> >
> > Is this possible through conditional formatting?
> > --
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Dave Hunt|||Hi,
Something like this might work...?
=iif(datepart("d",Fields!StartDate.Value) &
datepart("m",Fields!StartDate.Value) =11,datepart("yyyy",Fields!StartDate.Value),Fields!StartDate.Value)
"DustpanDave" wrote:
> hi jan,
> =IIF (Fields!StartDate.Value =New Date(Year(Fields!StartDate.Value), 1,
> 1),'yyyy','MMMM yyyy')
> If i do this code in the function of the properties of the field then i get
> an error saying 'Expression expected'
> would this code work if i put it in the value part of the field?
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Hunt
>
> "Jan Pieter Posthuma" wrote:
> > Dave,
> >
> > I don't think it will work via conditional formatting.
> > But you can use the following expresion for your value:
> > =IIF( date.Value = New Date(Year( date.Value), 1, 1), Year(date.Value),
> > date.Value) with date.Value as your date return value.
> >
> > Jan Pieter Posthuma
> >
> > "DustpanDave" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have some dates in a recordset in english format dd/mm/yyyy
> > >
> > > If the date returned is 1st Jan of any year then i just want the year to be
> > > displayed.
> > >
> > > i.e date returned = 1/1/2000 i just want to display the year so... (yyyy)
> > >
> > > if the date is 1/3/2000 then return the whole date
> > >
> > > Is this possible through conditional formatting?
> > > --
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Dave Hunt|||Dave,
You should use double quotes (") for the date format parts.
Jan Pieter Posthuma
"DustpanDave" wrote:
> hi jan,
> =IIF (Fields!StartDate.Value =New Date(Year(Fields!StartDate.Value), 1,
> 1),'yyyy','MMMM yyyy')
> If i do this code in the function of the properties of the field then i get
> an error saying 'Expression expected'
> would this code work if i put it in the value part of the field?
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Hunt
>
> "Jan Pieter Posthuma" wrote:
> > Dave,
> >
> > I don't think it will work via conditional formatting.
> > But you can use the following expresion for your value:
> > =IIF( date.Value = New Date(Year( date.Value), 1, 1), Year(date.Value),
> > date.Value) with date.Value as your date return value.
> >
> > Jan Pieter Posthuma
> >
> > "DustpanDave" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have some dates in a recordset in english format dd/mm/yyyy
> > >
> > > If the date returned is 1st Jan of any year then i just want the year to be
> > > displayed.
> > >
> > > i.e date returned = 1/1/2000 i just want to display the year so... (yyyy)
> > >
> > > if the date is 1/3/2000 then return the whole date
> > >
> > > Is this possible through conditional formatting?
> > > --
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Dave Hunt