To specify date or time criteria for an operation, you supply a date or time value as part of the string expression that forms the _criteria_ argument. This value must be enclosed in number signs (#).
> NOTE: > The number signs indicate to Access that the _criteria_ argument contains a date or time within a string.
Suppose that you are creating a filter for an Employees form to display records for all employees born on or after January 1, 1960. You could construct the _criteria_ argument for the form’s Filter.md) or ServerFilter property as in the following example. Note the placement of the number signs.
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Forms!Employees.Filter = "[BirthDate] >= #1-1-1960#"
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