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All values between 0 and 99 are interpreted as the years 1900-1999. For years that fall outside this range, you must enter all four digits.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9"> +<emph>Month:</emph> Integer expression that indicates the month of the specified year. The accepted range is from 1-12.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10"> +<emph>Day:</emph> Integer expression that indicates the day of the specified month. The accepted range is from 1-31. No error is returned when you enter a non-existing day for a month shorter than 31 days.<comment>see i69463</comment></paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">The <emph>DateSerial function</emph> returns the number of days between December 30,1899 and the given date. You can use this function to calculate the difference between two dates.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The <emph>DateSerial function</emph> returns the data type Variant with VarType 7 (Date). Internally, this value is stored as a Double value, so that when the given date is 1.1.1900, the returned value is 2. Negative values correspond to dates before December 30, 1899 (not inclusive).</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">If a date is defined that lies outside of the accepted range, $[officename] Basic returns an error message.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Whereas you define the <emph>DateValue function</emph> as a string that contains the date, the <emph>DateSerial function</emph> evaluates each of the parameters (year, month, day) as separate numeric expressions.</paragraph> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph> +<bascode> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3148646" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Sub ExampleDateSerial</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3156441" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Dim lDate As Long</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154791" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Dim sDate As String</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3155415" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> lDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147125" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> sDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154942" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox lDate ' returns 23476</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sDate ' returns 04/09/1964</paragraph> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3153878" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph> +</bascode> +</body> +</helpdocument> |