Dates and the Postcal command

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Joshua Morgan

Dates and the Postcal command

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Post by Joshua Morgan » Fri May 24, 2002 12:07 pm

Mr. Appell -

One of the parameters of the PostCal command is DATE. This requires a date stored inside a memory cell. I have no problem using input4 and the {promptdate} command to store a date inside a cell. But my question is: is there any way to extract the date in long form?

For example, suppose I use a form that is a deposition notice, which also has the PostCal command in it. I insert the date in the input4 menu, and that gets placed easily into PostCal. Now, however, I want the same date, except in long form(May 25, 2002) to appear on the document. Is there any way I can convert the date from the {PromptDate} to long form? If I use {Prompt} instead, and write the date in long form, the PostCal command won't work. how can I enter one date and have it appear in two different places?

Josh

Michael Appell

Re: Dates and the Postcal command

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Post by Michael Appell » Fri May 24, 2002 2:42 pm

Hi Josh,

the long form you want is the MonthDayYear converter or MDY for short. Please use the code command to accomplish this as in the following example:

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Notice that in the above example, it pulls it from memory cell 41.

Mike

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