5.5.1.2. Converting to (& checking) dates

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5.5.1.2. Converting to (& checking) dates

 

The same importation difficulties that appeared for numbers also appear when importing dates and times. Each country has a different way of writing dates (and times). One again, you can use the “system locale” settings. More precisely, use one of the six “System” options to dynamically change, at run-time, the importation settings to reflect the Date & Time settings globally defined inside MSWindows:

 

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