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DateNameFormat ( theDate )

change date format to day name and ordinal date

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David Goetzka Untoil Software Group http://untoil.com

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DayName(theDate) & " " & GetAsText ( MonthName(theDate) ) & " " & Day(theDate) & Case( Day(theDate) = "1"; "st"; Day(theDate) = "2"; "nd"; Day(theDate) = "3"; "rd"; Day(theDate) = "21"; "st"; Day(theDate) = "22"; "nd"; Day(theDate) = "23"; "rd"; Day(theDate) = "31"; "st"; "th") & ", " & Year(theDate) Click to copy

Quick little function to change the date from standard date format to the name of the day, the name of the month, the ordinal date, and the year.

 

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		anon, usa Jul 30, 2010
Works for me, thanks!

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