DateValue

Basic and Crystal syntax.

The CDate and Date functions are equivalent to DateValue. However, Date can only be used in Crystal syntax since it is a type name in Basic syntax.

Overloads

DateValue (string)
DateValue (number)
DateValue (dateTime)
DateValue (YYYY, MM, DD)

Arguments

DateValue (number)

number is a value representing the number of days starting from December 30, 1899.
It can be positive or negative, and is truncated if fractional.

DateValue (string)

string is a text string representing a date, example: "September 20, 1999".

DateValue (dateTime)

dateTime is a DateTime value.

DateValue (YY,MM,DD)

year is a whole number representing a year, example: 1996.
month is a whole number representing a month, example: 12 for December.
day is a whole number representing a day of the month, example: 05.

Returns

Date value.

Action

DateValue (string) returns a Date value given a string that represents a date from January 1, 100 through December 31, 9999.

DateValue (number) returns a Date value given a number of days starting from December 30, 1899. Number can be positive or negative, and truncated if fractional.

DateValue (dateTime) returns the date portion of a given DateTime value.

DateValue (YYYY, MM, DD) returns a Date value given numeric arguments of the year, month and day.

Examples

The following examples are applicable to both Basic and Crystal syntax:

DateValue ("Dec 31, 1999")

Returns the Date value for Dec. 31, 1999.

DateValue (50)

Returns the Date value for February 18, 1900.

DateValue (#Oct. 20, 1999 12:02pm#)

Returns the Date value for October 20, 1999.

DateValue (1930, 7, 30)

Returns the Date value for July 30, 1930.

Comments

You can use the IsDate function to check if a String argument can be converted to a Date before doing the actual conversion. That way, if the conversion cannot be done, you can handle the situation appropriately.

DateValue (number)	number is a value representing the number of days starting from December 30, 1899. It can be positive or negative, and is truncated if fractional.
DateValue (string)	string is a text string representing a date, example: "September 20, 1999".
DateValue (dateTime)	dateTime is a DateTime value.
DateValue (YY,MM,DD)	year is a whole number representing a year, example: 1996. month is a whole number representing a month, example: 12 for December. day is a whole number representing a day of the month, example: 05.