Microsoft KB Archive/89618

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

Article ID: 89618

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q89618



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



SYMPTOMS
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:

103174 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 &quot;Type Conversion Failure&quot; 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 kbprb KB89618

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