text date
Darn, a little late...and I was hoping for that beer.....
For anyone else needing one solution to this:
if [textdate]=39101012345
Use a query
expr1: Mid$([textdate],2,6)
expr2: DateSerial(Left([expr1],2),Mid([expr1],3,2),Right([expr1],2))
expr3: Format([expr2],"yyyy\.mm\.dd")