Obiter dicta

Custom date formats in Outlook

od — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:20:01 +0000

Someone wants to stop displaying None in the Due by field of those tasks which don’t have a due date. Creating a new field with this formula:

IIf([Due By]=”None”,”",format([Due By],”d/m”))

seems to do it.

And if none of the offered formats in other date fields suit you, you can either change the Windows long and/or short date formats, or create a field like this:

format([WhateverDateField],”d/m”)

Freedom of Information

od — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:53:49 +0000

A response to a UK FoI request (pdf file – no real need to read it – not much information, free or otherwise) begins:

Dear XXX,

Thank you for your e-mail of 29th April, 5 emails of 30th April, e-mails of 2nd, 7th, 14th, 22nd and 24th May in which you quote the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) plus your further e-mail of 28th, 2 e-mails of 29th, 5 e-mails of 30th April, 3 e-mails of 2nd, e-mail of 3rd, 5th, 11th, 2 e-mails of 23rd, e-mail of 25th May to the pre-election Ministerial team and the current Ministerial team, xxx, xxx and myself.

I hardly communicate that often with the chap who sits opposite me.

Hello world!

od — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:25:03 +0000

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