DatePart
Gets an interval from a date
Declare Function DatePart ( ByRef interval As Const String, ByVal date_serial As Double, ByVal firstdayofweek As Integer = fbUseSystem, ByVal firstdayofyear As Integer = fbUseSystem ) As Integer
#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = DatePart( interval, date_serial, first_dayofWeek [, first_week_of_year ] )
interval
interval string indicating which part of the date is required is specified as follows:
first_dayofweek Affects the output when 'w' interval is required.
first_weekofyear specifies which year (previous or next) that the week which spans the end of one year and the beginning of the next should included with. Affects the output when 'ww' interval is required.
The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi or datetime.bi is included.
Syntax
Declare Function DatePart ( ByRef interval As Const String, ByVal date_serial As Double, ByVal firstdayofweek As Integer = fbUseSystem, ByVal firstdayofyear As Integer = fbUseSystem ) As Integer
Usage
#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = DatePart( interval, date_serial, first_dayofWeek [, first_week_of_year ] )
Parameters
interval
string indicating which part of the date is required
date_serialthe date serial to decode
firstdayofweekfirst day of the week
firstdayofyearfirst day of the year
Return Value
Description
interval string indicating which part of the date is required is specified as follows:
| value | interval |
| yyyy | years |
| q | quarter(three months) |
| m | months |
| w | weekday |
| ww | week of the year |
| y | day of the year |
| d | day of the month |
| h | hours |
| n | minutes |
| s | seconds |
| value | first day of week | constant |
| omitted | sunday | |
| 0 | local settings | fbUseSystem |
| 1 | sunday | fbSunday |
| 2 | monday | fbMonday |
| 3 | tuesday | fbTuesday |
| 4 | wednesday | fbWednesday |
| 5 | thursday | fbThursday |
| 6 | friday | fbFriday |
| 7 | saturday | fbSaturday |
| value | first week of year | constant |
| 0 | local settings | fbUseSystem |
| 1 | January 1's week | fbFirstJan1 |
| 2 | first weeks having 4 days in the year | fbFirstFourDays |
| 3 | first full week of year | fbFirstFullWeek |
Example
#include "vbcompat.bi"
Dim d As Double
d = Now()
Print "Today is day " & DatePart( "y", d );
Print " in week " & DatePart( "ww", d );
Print " of the year " & DatePart( "yyyy", d )
Dim d As Double
d = Now()
Print "Today is day " & DatePart( "y", d );
Print " in week " & DatePart( "ww", d );
Print " of the year " & DatePart( "yyyy", d )
Differences from QB
- Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in Visual Basic.
See also
