DateSerial

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DateSerial
 
Creates a date serial

Syntax

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

Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = DateSerial( year, month, day )

Parameters

year
the year
month
the month of the year
day
the day of the month

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.

Description

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

Example

#include "vbcompat.bi"

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

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


Differences from QB

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

See also

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