Question : How to convert string field to datetime in Reporting Services?

I am pulling data from a database whose field is not in the bes format.

Specifically, it is in this text format although it should be a datetime...

[year][month][day]

20070305 for 2007, 3rd month, 5 day.

How do I convert it to a date or datetime field for display in Reporting Services?

Answer : How to convert string field to datetime in Reporting Services?

Ideally you'd do this from SQL. Convert(DateTime, myDate) will probably do it. Then it would be a true datetime field and formatting would then be automatic to your location, i.e. US = m d y, almost everywhere else = dd mm yy.

You can use "Substring" in SQL or "Mid" in VB to extract parts of the string and reformat it the way you want.
The most universal format for storing dates is yyyy-mm-dd. If you can get it in this format then date functions and formatting will work properly.

Cheers
Chris