Link SQL Table > MS Access with Date/Time

Question

I have tables linked from SQL Server to MS Access. The issues is the date on MS Access doesn't display the non value zeros exam: in SQL 01/01/2016 in Access 1/1/2016. In the query I have this set up RDATE: Left(CStr([RENEWAL_DATE]),**10**) to eliminate the time, but when the date has less then 10 characters part of the time appears.

What I'm looking for is to clear things up. How can I have MS Access display Date like 01/01/2016 rather than 1/1/2016?

Answer 1

Don't ever handle dates like strings. No exceptions.

Here you can use:

RDATE: DateValue([RENEWAL_DATE]) 

Answer 2

In the query design view you can specify the format that Access will use to display a value in your date column. When you are in the design view of your query, right click the date column, choose properties. There you have the format property.