ACC: Import/Export Accepts Only 24-Hour Time Format

• Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you import or export time values, Microsoft Access only works with 24-hour time values. For example, if you export a value such as 1:00 P.M. to an ASCII text file, the value will be exported in the 24-hour format as 13:00.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior when you export data, you can use the methods described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q103174 ACC: Exporting Date Fields to Text Includes Time Format

To work around this behavior when you import data, import the Date/Time data into a Text field. Then you can use an update query or Visual Basic code (or Access Basic code in versions 1.x and 2.0) to manipulate the values into the correct format for your Date/Time field.

MORE INFORMATION

If you try to import a time value such as 1:00 P.M. into an existing Date/Time field, the record will not be imported and you will receive an Import Errors table that shows a "Type Conversion Failure" for the value. To import a time value such as 1:00 P.M. into a Date/Time field, the value must be in the 24-hour format (in this case, 13:00).

Additional query words: military clock

Keywords          : kbinterop IntpOff IsmGnrl 
Version           : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: March 10, 1999