Date/Time data type provides current year automatically (286446)

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 209557.

For a Microsoft Access 97 version of this article, see 98802.

SUMMARY

If you enter a partial date in a field that is assigned the Date/Time data type, Microsoft Access fills in the current year automatically.

MORE INFORMATION

If your field is assigned the Date/Time data type, and you want to indicate the current year, you do not have to type the year. This feature works for both tables and forms.

To reproduce this behavior, follow these steps:

Create a new table, as follows:

   Table: DateTable
   --------------------------------
   Field Name: My Date [primary key]
   Data Type: Date/Time

On the View menu, click Datasheet View.
Type 1/1, and then press TAB. Note that the value that you entered is displayed as 1/1/<current year>.