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Old May 12th, 2004, 04:50 AM
andrew
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Default make the default value the current date/time

does anyone know what expressions to use when making the
default value of a date/time field to the current date
and time ?

thanks in advance.
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Old May 12th, 2004, 05:34 AM
Allen Browne
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Default make the default value the current date/time

Set the Default Value property of the field to:
=Now()

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does anyone know what expressions to use when making the
default value of a date/time field to the current date
and time ?

thanks in advance.



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Old May 12th, 2004, 05:55 AM
andrew
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Default make the default value the current date/time

thats awesome.. thanks a bunch.

-----Original Message-----
Set the Default Value property of the field to:
=Now()

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Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

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does anyone know what expressions to use when making

the
default value of a date/time field to the current date
and time ?

thanks in advance.



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