Want to export data from Access query result to TSV using current date as file name?
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Export Access query result to TSV file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Access -> Enter Access SQL statement -> Set TSV filename template including date -> Export Access query to TSV using current date as file name
Choose Access and logon.
“Export From Query” for “TSV to Access“.
Select TSV file type.
1. Enter Access SQL query.
2. Set TSV 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 TSV file. Dynamically created TSV file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output TSV files.
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Access → TSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | 1234 |
| Bigint | Long Integer | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Decimal | 1234.56 |
| Float | Double | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Text(n) | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column |
| Long text | Long Text | unquoted; newlines break the row |
| Date | Date/Time | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | Date/Time | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | OLE Object | not representable |
| Boolean | Yes/No | TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | Long Text | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and TSV 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 TSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it |
| 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 - must be encoded |
| separator | — | Tab |
| 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 |
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