edit for date with month spelled in abbreviated format

[Laura Brody]

Quoting Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com>:

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:14 AM
> To: Dennis Malen
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: edit for date with month spelled in abbreviated format
>
> On 6/7/2012 10:50 AM, Dennis Malen wrote:
>> Trying to test this: jj(8,mdy/)="05/01/12";da(12,mmm_yy)=jj
>> Msgbox "da"<da shows the result to be "da"
>
> I get "da MAY 12      ", as expected.
>
> Tried again with different dummy fields. Value is still blank.
>
>> Also not sure of the "12" in definition of "da".
>
> What about the "12" are you not sure about?
>
> Was not sure how many characters I would need so chose 12. If that does not
> affect it then fine.
>> Could it be my version of 5.0?
> [...]
>
> Did someone "break" the "mmm_yy" edit?
>
> How would I know if mmm_yy edit was broken. Never used before. How can I
> determine if broken and how do I fix?
> --
> Kenneth Brody

Since your dear wife wrote mmm_yy about a hundred years ago
and placed it in the global edits file, you could request a
private meeting with her so that she could explain it to
you.....

--
Laura Brody
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