>>I have a DATE() to YYYYDDD function already but I received a file full of YYYYDDD instead of dates and need to get dates.
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>>Does anyone havce a quick algorithm/function already? Before I waste time reinventing the wheel.
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>>TIA
>right out the top of my head:

>year = val(left(yyyyddd,4))
>day = val(right(yyyyddd,3))
>dDate = Date(year,1,1)-1+day

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Shorter form:

dDate = Date(val(left(yyyyddd,4)),1,1)-1+val(right(yyyyddd,3))