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Export Access query result to CSV file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Access -> Enter Access SQL statement -> Set CSV filename template including date -> Export Access query to CSV using current date as file name
Choose Access and logon.
“Export From Query” for “CSV to Access“.
Select CSV file type.
1. Enter Access SQL query.
2. Set CSV file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Access query results to CSV file. Dynamically created CSV file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output CSV files.
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Access → CSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | 1234 |
| Bigint | Long Integer | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Decimal | 1234.56 |
| Float | Double | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Text(n) | quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote |
| Long text | Long Text | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | Date/Time | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | Date/Time | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | OLE Object | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | Yes/No | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | Long Text | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and CSV is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Access | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | Date/Time | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | MEMO | — |
| binary | OLE Object | Not supported |
| separator | — | Comma "," |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
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