i'm trying to specify dd/mm/yyyy dateformat for date/time parameter in SSRS 2008 R2.
My computers datetime format is mm-dd-yyyy.
My requirement is, i want to show date format at dd/mm/yyyy irrespective of the system/server date format.
I've already tried CDate(Format(Today,"dd/mm/yyyy")) which didn't work. one very strange thing i observed is, it shows dd/mm/yyyy format only for dates on or before 12-MM-yyyy, and 13 onwards it gives error: Conversion from string '25-04-2014' to type Date is not valid. (Possibly it is trying to map 25(daypart) with MM-dd-yyyy (month part)) which is out of range of total months i.e. 12)
my research on internet says it is a bug in BIDS 2008.
What do i do to display date as dd/mm/yyyy ??
I don't have enough reputation to comment, but I did notice that you failed to put "()" after "Today". If I'm not mistaken you must put Today() for that function to work. Also, you might want to try putting CDate Around the Today() function. You shouldn't need it, but it's worth a shot. Also, for some odd reason, in my experience, you must capitalize MM for format to work correctly.
Like #Aditaya said, it should be =format(Today(),"dd/MM/yyyy")
The expression I usually use is:
=FormatDateTime(Fields!Date.Value, DateFormat.ShortDate)
However, this may be region specific.
Rather than writing an expression to do the formatting, you can also use the Textbox Format Property. But first you need to make sure that the data is in a date format. So use the CDate function on your column like this:
=CDate(Fields!Date.Value)
Then in the textbox properties go to the Number tab. Select Date for the category. Then you can select whichever format you want or use a Custom format. This will change how the column displays when you run the report.
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I am just trying to getting my data to do a color fill if the date value equals today.
The data is coming from oracle:
=IIf(Fields!finishDATE.Value = Today(),"Yellow","Transparent")
This will not give me any errors nor will it do the function according to the expression. None of the data with the finish date equaling today highlights.
If today is 8/24/2021 it should look like this:
3/22/2021, 8/24/2021, 2/22/2021
As I'm not sure what format the data will come in from Oracle (I'm a MS SQL person) then this might be overkill but try this
=IIF (Format(Fields!finishDATE.Value, "yyyyMMdd") = Format(Today(), "yyyyMMdd"), "Yellow", Nothing)
All I'm doing here is comparing just the date parts of the date/datetime values.
Below is the output. The first column is the actual date column contents including a time, then for illustration only, the 2nd column shows it formatted to just the date part and the 3rd column show today() with the same format applied.
Finally, I used the keyword Nothing (SSRS almost equivalent of NULL) as this is the correct default value.
I am trying to get just the AM/PM part from a DateTime column in SSRS. I have tried both =Right(Fields!Start_Time.Value,2) and =Format(Fields!Start_Time.Value,"tt") and both gives me A3s and P3s. I have also tried =IIF(DatePart("hour",Fields!Start_Time.Value) < 12, "AM", "PM") which just displayed the original DateTime, unformatted. What is causing this and how do I just get the AM/PM part?
Are you sure that your field is a DATE/TIME or does it just look like a Date/Time field?
The only thing I can think of is that your field isn't actually a date/time type but just looks like one.
Try using CDATE to convert the Start Time field to a Date/Time that can be Formatted.
=Format(CDATE(Fields!Start_Time.Value),"tt")
UPDATE:
After reviewing your comments, I think you are putting the formula in the FORMAT property and not in the Expression. The way the question was written, I assumed you were populating the text box's Expression with the data formatted using the FORMAT function. If set the text box to the Start Time field and want to format using the FORMAT property, you would just put the in the FORMAT (tt) and not use the FORMAT function.
Try: =IIF( Mid(Fields!Start_Time.Value,12,2) < 12 , "AM", "PM")
so whenever I get a date back from my query I get something like 05/02/2017 HH:MM:SS. However, SSRS will display it as 5/2/2017 HH:MM:SS. I know I can adjust the type of the data cell to display a date value ( with leading zeros) but those options do not display the time.
Any solution to this?
Thank you
Change the Format property of your date field to the below:
dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss
This will display your date with leading zeros and also include the time.
For one of my Matrix reports, the column headers are Dates which I am trying to format in the form of 'Mon 07' i.e. short date name followed by date value.
For this I am using the expression - =Format(CDate(Fields!WorkedOnDate.Value),"ddd")
I then wanted to trim the right 3 letters.
I am getting weird output.
Here is what I am getting for one week-
Tue, We2, T12u,ri,SaA,Sun,7on
Any idea what is going wrong?
This was asked in this link but that answer didn't help -
The date formats do not seem to work in SSRS
I realize my mistake now. I was adding the Format property across Number-> Format property of that textbox. I solved this by adding as part of the textbox Property value.
I have an ssrs chat, I want to bind time valeus to y axis.
Data comes in "2013-11-21 16:07:31.000" format
I need 16:07 value as time. but no function give me that.
when I use cdate, and then Format it does not work . HHmm returns me an inteeger 1607 bur HH:mm doesnt work.
please help I am about to go crazy!
Try leaving your value, or setting up a calculated field that just uses =CDate(Fields!AverageTime.Value) or =DateTime.Parse(Fields!AverageTime.Value)
Then, I assume you use that date field as a category on your graph. Set the format on the X axis to HH:mm as shown below. Let the graph handle the display using format strings, don't use the Format function.