ACC: Import/Export Accepts Only 24-Hour Time Format (89618)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Access 1.0
- Microsoft Access 1.1
- Microsoft Access 2.0
- Microsoft Access for Windows 95 7.0
- Microsoft Access 97
This article was previously published under Q89618
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
SYMPTOMS
When you import or export time values, Microsoft Access only works with
24-hour time values. For example, if you export a value such as 1:00 P.M.
to an ASCII text file, the value will be exported in the 24-hour
format as 13:00.
RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior when you export data, you can use the methods
described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
103174 ACC: Exporting Date Fields to Text Includes Time Format
To work around this behavior when you import data, import the Date/Time
data into a Text field. Then you can use an update query or Visual Basic
code (or Access Basic code in versions 1.x and 2.0) to manipulate the
values into the correct format for your Date/Time field.
MORE INFORMATION
If you try to import a time value such as 1:00 P.M. into an existing
Date/Time field, the record will not be imported and you will receive an
Import Errors table that shows a "Type Conversion Failure" for the value.
To import a time value such as 1:00 P.M. into a Date/Time field, the value
must be in the 24-hour format (in this case, 13:00).
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/9/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbinterop kbprb KB89618 |
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