title: How do I convert a string field to a date field
body: <p>I'm using crystal reports with Nextgen. In template editor for nextgen I created a date field, however crystal reports is bringing this in as a string for some reason. So the date is coming without any of the slashes between 20170101 for example. I've very new to crystal. Is there a way to convert a column that I'm bringing in from another table to a date field? Also please let me know where I need to click to do this. I'm guessing it's format editor?</p>