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Day

Returns the day of the month of a date serial.

Syntax

Declare Function Day ( ByVal date_serial As Double ) As Long

Parameters

  • date_serial

Description

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

Return Value

Returns the day of the month from a variable containing a date in Date Serial format.

Remarks

Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi"

result = Day( date_serial )

Differences from QB

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

Examples

#include "vbcompat.bi"

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

Print Format(ds, "yyyy/mm/dd "); Day(ds)

Category: Date and Time Functions
Kind: function


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