Dateserial

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DateSerial

Returns the date serial for a year, month and day; out-of-range values roll over.

Syntax

Declare Function DateSerial ( ByVal year As Long, ByVal month As Long, ByVal day As Long ) As Long

Parameters

• year
• month
• day

Description

The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi or datetime.bi is included.

Return Value

Returns a date serial containing the date formed by the values in the year, month and day parameters.The date serial returned has no decimal part.

Remarks

Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi"

result = DateSerial( year, month, day )

Differences from QB

• Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also

• DateSerial
• TimeValue
• DateValue

Examples

#include "vbcompat.bi"

Dim a As Long = DateSerial(2005, 11, 28)

Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss")

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Category: Date and Time Functions
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