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How to Convert String Value to Date Time in Generic Inquiry

  • 8 November 2023
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We would like to display an attribute stored as text to date time. Below is the attribute

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We would like to create something similar for End Time and calculate the difference between the two fields. 

 

Start Time End Time Difference
2:30 pm 5:30 pm 3 hours or 180 mins

 

 

We tried using CDate() function and it errors out (=cdate([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME]))

How can I fix this issue? 

 

@lauraj46 -Hi Laura, do you have any ideas, thank you as always!

 

Any help would be appreciated!! 

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Best answer by lauraj46 8 November 2023, 04:12

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Hi @kanupindi ,

Try this formula to convert the STARTDATE text string to a date:

=CDate('1/1/1900 ' + left([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME], 2) + ':' + substring([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME], 3, 2) + ' ' + right([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME], 2))

And this to find the difference between STARTDATE and ENDDATE in minutes:

=datediff('n', CDate('1/1/1900 ' + left([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME], 2) + ':' + substring([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME], 3, 2) + ' ' + right([INKitRegister.AttributeSTARTTIME], 2)), CDate('1/1/1900 ' + left([INKitRegister.AttributeENDTIME], 2) + ':' + substring([INKitRegister.AttributeENDTIME], 3, 2) + ' ' + right([INKitRegister.AttributeENDTIME], 2)))

Note that text fields are stored internally without the colon and the space that are specified in the input mask.

Hope this helps!

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Hi @lauraj46, thank you so much for taking the time to replicate the issue. Is there a way to only display the time and not the date? Something like the one below? 

 

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Hi @kanupindi ,

For that you could just display the attribute field, without any formulas.

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Hi @lauraj46, if we display the attribute field without any formulas - it does not work because it displays the values as text and not in hours and minutes. We would like it to show the time without the date

 

 

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Hi @kanupindi ,

If you choose the attribute field from the dropdown then it will be displayed using the mask.  Is that what you’re looking to accomplish?

 

 

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Hi @lauraj46, I completely missed that, thank you so much for always helping quickly! You are a genius! 

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