Conversion to date format

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Hi,

I am using a pre-populated data set and inputting a date of birth, the
values are in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format. I can see the display of the value after
reading from the data set, e.g. '2011-05-25'. But when I convert to date
format using command date(${field1}), the output field displays blank.

I want to compare the date field with today() so to count the number of
days.

Can anyone please suggest how to convert into date format.

Thanks,

Surajit

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Hi Surajit,

Try the format-date() command described at
https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding.

Yaw

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On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Surajit sbbaruah@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I am using a pre-populated data set and inputting a date of birth, the
values are in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format. I can see the display of the value after
reading from the data set, e.g. '2011-05-25'. But when I convert to date
format using command date(${field1}), the output field displays blank.

I want to compare the date field with today() so to count the number of
days.

Can anyone please suggest how to convert into date format.

Thanks,

Surajit

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Hi Yaw,

Thank you.

Surajit

··· On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 5:18:36 AM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > > Hi Surajit, > > Try the format-date() command described at > https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding. > > Yaw > -- > Need ODK consultants? Nafundi provides form design, server setup, > in-field training, and software development for ODK. Go to > https://nafundi.com to get started. > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Surajit <sbba...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using a pre-populated data set and inputting a date of birth, the > > values are in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format. I can see the display of the value > after > > reading from the data set, e.g. '2011-05-25'. But when I convert to date > > format using command date(${field1}), the output field displays blank. > > > > I want to compare the date field with today() so to count the number of > > days. > > > > Can anyone please suggest how to convert into date format. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Surajit > > > > -- > > -- > > Post: opend...@googlegroups.com > > Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com > > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >