{"id":735,"date":"2012-04-21T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T16:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seedcodenext.wordpress.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2012-04-21T08:44:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T16:44:26","slug":"executesql-date-formats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedcode.com\/executesql-date-formats\/","title":{"rendered":"ExecuteSQL – Date Formats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SQL, including the new ExecuteSQL calc function in FileMaker 12, returns dates in this format: YYYY-MM-DD. This can be a bit of a pain if you have a string of text like this and just want to transform the date part:<\/p>\n

1170 - 2012-03-09 - - Keep: Beta Presentation @ BRN Co<\/pre>\n
1171 - 2012-03-15 - 08:30:00 - Call Arthur Murray to finalize data<\/pre>\n
1172 - 2012-03-16 - 12:30:00 - Conference call with Melinda<\/pre>\n
1173 - 2012-03-20 - 11:15:00 - @ Breakfast<\/pre>\n
The calc for the results above looks like this:\u00a0ExecuteSQL ( “SELECT id, DateStart, TimeStart, Summary from SampleEvents” ; ” – ” ; “\u00b6” )<\/p>\n
The solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jason Young discovered that you can cast the dates as text<\/span> in your results simply by concatenating them with a bit of text, so instead of using just the field DateStart in your query, you can use ” || DateStart to get this:<\/p>\n
1170 - 3\/9\/2012 - - Keep: Beta Presentation @ BRN Co<\/pre>\n
1171 - 3\/15\/2012 - 08:30:00 - Call Arthur Murray to finalize data<\/pre>\n
1172 - 3\/16\/2012 - 12:30:00 - Conference call with Melinda<\/pre>\n
1173 - 3\/20\/2012 - 11:15:00 - @ Breakfast<\/pre>\n
The calc for those results looks like this:\u00a0ExecuteSQL ( “SELECT id, ” || DateStart, TimeStart, Summary from SampleEvents” ; ” – ” ; “\u00b6” )<\/p>\n
Yes, FileMaker supports concatenate in it’s select statements.<\/p>\n
Hope that helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The problem. SQL, including the new ExecuteSQL calc function in FileMaker 12, returns dates in this format: YYYY-MM-DD. This can be a bit of a pain if you have a string of text like this and just want to transform the date part: 1170 – 2012-03-09 – – Keep: Beta Presentation @ BRN Co 1171 – 2012-03-15 – 08:30:00 – Call Arthur Murray to finalize data 1172 – 2012-03-16 – 12:30:00 – Conference call with Melinda 1173 – 2012-03-20 – 11:15:00 – @ Breakfast The calc for the results above looks like this:\u00a0ExecuteSQL ( “SELECT id, DateStart, TimeStart, Summary from SampleEvents” ; ” – ” ; “\u00b6” ) The solution. Jason Young discovered that you can cast the dates as text in your results simply by concatenating them with a bit of text, so instead of using just the field DateStart in your query, you can use ” || DateStart to get this: 1170 – 3\/9\/2012 – – Keep: Beta Presentation @ BRN Co 1171 – 3\/15\/2012 – 08:30:00 – Call Arthur Murray to finalize data 1172 – 3\/16\/2012 – 12:30:00 – Conference call with Melinda 1173 – 3\/20\/2012 – 11:15:00 – @ Breakfast The calc for those results looks like this:\u00a0ExecuteSQL ( “SELECT id, ” || DateStart, TimeStart, Summary from SampleEvents” ; ” – ” ; “\u00b6” ) Yes, FileMaker supports concatenate in it’s select statements. 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