Date suffix

[Roderick O'Regan]

I would like to create a template for a user who wants to use dates in
the format '13th March 2006' for example.

Normally, as far as dates are concerned, I might insert a CreateDate
field to show the date a letter was created. This might show as '22
February 2006' format

However, in this case I have to try and use the same type of field but
with the suffix 'st', 'nd', and so on after the appropriate number.

Is there any way, please, that this can be done with a field or with
VBA? Or do they have to type the date in manually to achieve this
format?

Regards

Roderick

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

I would like to create a template for a user who wants to use dates in
the format '13th March 2006' for example.

Normally, as far as dates are concerned, I might insert a CreateDate
field to show the date a letter was created. This might show as '22
February 2006' format

However, in this case I have to try and use the same type of field but
with the suffix 'st', 'nd', and so on after the appropriate number.

Is there any way, please, that this can be done with a field or with
VBA? Or do they have to type the date in manually to achieve this
format?

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...k=st&q=date+suffix+vb&rnum=1#b6691e3b0edf9d31

(Watch out for wordwrap on that link!)

 

[Jay Freedman]

Create the following pair of fields, select them together, and make an
AutoText or AutoCorrect entry from them:

{Date \@"dd" \*ordinal} {Date \@"MMMM yyyy"}

The first field displays the day number with the suffix, and the
second field shows the month and year.

You can substitute any of the other "date" field types, such as
CreateDate.

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[Graham Mayor]

It's a little more complicated if you want the ordinal superscripted - see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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[Roderick O'Regan]

Thanks to all three of you for your help.

It took me a couple of minutes to resolve the challenge and then about
an hour just reading the masses of information which came out of it.
Did I learn something here!

Roderick