I have a date format coming in with yyyymmdd example 20090930 and need to have it displayed September 30,2009 I looked at the global date fuctions and found no workable solution

WNI,

I would suggest that you take a look at our libraries of PressTalk functions:

http://www.objectiflune.com/OL/en-CA/Download/ResourceCenter/PlanetPressSuite/PressTalk.aspx#1

The "Date Functions" package should contain many useful functions, such as NormalizeDate, FormatDate, etc... to format date numbers. You can install those functions by going to Tools->Global Function Library Manager, point the folder where you've extracted the .pptl file, and then drag the functions to the right pane to include them in your document. I suggest that you import all of them in case of dependencies between functions.

Regards,
Raphaël Lalonde Lefebvre

thanks for the quick response, I have imported the talk functions and created a PressTalk using the following code
@NormalizeDate((@(8,152,159)),'YYYYMMDD')
What am I missing to show the result in PressTalk editor?

You are missing the show itself.

In a PressTalk object, you need the "show" command to display a string. Example:

show(@NormalizeDate((@(8,152,159)),'YYYYMMDD'))

This will display your date.

Regards,
Raphaël Lalonde Lefebvre