[mso] Access 2000 database: Obtaining date from text date to a "real" date

For clarity assume the first row under RB contains "18631102" in text
(birth). The first row under RD contains "19430329" also in text for the
death.

Ok, I think I need a little help reading the book. If a column labeled RB
contains the dates in format YYYYMMDD, and I want to convert them into valid
dates in another column, the book suggests:
DateSerial(val(textfield)+val(mid([textfield]5,2)+val(right(textfield)

Don't I need to tell it something more specific?
Should that read:
DateSerial(Val(left(Textfield,4)),val(mid(textfield,5,2)),val(right(textfiel
d,2))
?? If I add the year, month, and day together as shown in the book, I lose
the date serial number, so I think this is a mis-print in the book. Do you
agree?

I.e., I think it should be:
DateSerial(Val(Left(RB,4)),val(mid(RB,5,2,)),val(right(RB,2)))
<I think I got it right, not sure.>

Thanks, guys.

Robert


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