Convert text to date and save it in Sharepoint list

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Hi,

I am trying to convert a string to a date-variable that is accepted by sharepoints date-format:

I have a string-variable:

Set(varDateEN;"12/31/2020")

I convert this string into date-format:

Date(Value(Right(varDateEN;4));Value(Left(varDateEN;2));Value(Mid(varDateEN;4;2)))

Then I update an item in a sharepoint list including the date value. All values of the item are being updated, except the date.

Any ideas what's going wrong? Is there an easier way to convert text to date?

Thanks,

Lukas

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WarrenBelz 155,315 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@Lukas1 ,'Have you tried simply
DateValue(varDateEN)
as per DateValue function

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@WarrenBelz , yes I tried. Doesn't work either.

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Hi @Lukas1 ,
Actually you should need
DateValue(varDateEN,"en-US")

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@WarrenBelz , thanks a lot for your help!

It is still not working. Please have a look at the preview below, I would expect it to be "7/22/2020", but instead it is "22.7.2020":

I also tried this without success:
DateValue(varDateEN;"mm/dd/yyyy")

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@Lukas1 ,
What regional code do you have on your SharePoint server? It will convert a date to the local format (and I can see this on the bottom of your code). The fact it converts and shows 22.7.2020 means it is a valid date on the source (there are not 22 months in a year).
This is also the reason for my first post (you do not need to specify the format if it matches the local format). You cannot store 07/22/2020 format as a date if the source is dd.mm.yyyy

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@WarrenBelz That's it! I was confused because the dates in my sharepoint list are shown in the US-date-format:

Anyway, DateValue() with a german date-format is doing the job now.

Thanks again.

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