Formatted fields disappear after exporting to Infoview

Question

Hi Experts,
In my CR2008 report file, I have date fields which are disappeared after opening in Infoview.
Here is an example of the formatted date field:
{@StatementDate} =
if {@Timezone}="EST"
then cstr(dateadd("n",(5+{?Offset})*60,),{?DateFormat})
else if {@Timezone}="EDT"
then cstr(dateadd("n",(4+{?Offset})*60,),{?DateFormat})
{@Timezone} : This formula field checks if the PrintTimeZone falls in Daylight Savings or not and returns either EST or EDT
Similary, another formula field uses CurrentDateTime and returns the report run date in user timezone based on the {?Offset} value.
When {@StatementDate} is used in the report in CR2008, there is no issue. Everything comes up correctly. When the same report is opened through Infoview, the {@StatementDate} field is showing blank.
Please suggest at the earliest .Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Naresh

Answer 1

HI Jamie,
I've tried your suggestion. When using the Timezone formula to display in Infoview, it's returning 'E' instead of 'EST', where actually the formula is failing.
Timezone formula is based on PrintTimeZone function of CR2008 to extract the abbreviated form of the User Timezone who logs in and runs a report. So, it checks for daylight savings and returns the abbreviated form like EST or EDT or IST so on.....
In Timezone formula there is a loop which tried to extract the first character of the PrintTimeZone function and returns the abbreviated formula. If PrintTimeZone is Eastern Standard Time, -300, Daylight Saving, -60, 03.0.0 2:00,11.1.0 1:00, it first checks whether the current month and date falls in Daylight Savings or not and returns True if Daylight Savings, Then, it returns EST or EDT. This works for all the TimeZone across the globe
So, in Infoview, it returns 'E' and failing to extract the rest of the characters to form EST or EDT. Any clue as why this could happen? For now, I've hard coded the formula to return  EST or EDT depending on the Daylight savings true or false.
Thanks
Naresh