Display mmddyyyy-mmddyyyy database date range field to display in alphanumerical format

[hmax]

Crystal Reports 10
MS SQL Server 2008 R2

How do I convert a database date range field (format mm/dd/yyyy-mm/dd/yyyy) to display as, e.g.,

October 24th through November 4th, 2016


Thanks in advance!

 

[kray4660]

Getting the month (monthname function) and year (year function). The day is tricky since it can be a suffix of st, nd, rd or th. But a if or switch statement might work for this.

i.e., monthname(datefield)+ ' ' + totext(day(datefield))+if day(datefield) = 1 then 'st ' else if day(datefield) =2 then 'nd ' else if day(datefield) = 3 the 'rd ' else 'th ' +year(datefield) + ' through ' + (repeat the first part of the formula for the second datefield.

 

[hmax]

Thanks, kray4660.

It's tricky since it's a range. I'm creating formulae, breaking down each piece w/left and mid functions (and of course days could be one or two chars so must allow for that). Just looking for a more elegant approach than mine

I'll give your ideas a try!

hmax

 

[kray4660]

Unfortunately for what you are doing, I do not know of a more elegant solution. Even if you are just using one field, you can use the minimum and maximum functions to get the start and end dates.

 

[Charliy]

For the period "&minimum({?Date Range})&" thru "&maximum({?Date Range})