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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DatePart Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2005-04-25T13:49:19">DatePart</created>
<lastedited date="2006-01-23T13:27:35">checked</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id249946"><bookmark_value>DatePart function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10542" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030130.xhp">DatePart Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10546" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The DatePart function returns a specified part of a date.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10549" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DatePart (Add, Date [, Week_start [, Year_start]])</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105EB" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105EF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">A Variant containing a date.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F2" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Add</emph> - A string expression from the following table, specifying the date interval.</paragraph>
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<emph>Date</emph> - The date from which the result is calculated.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10611" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_idN10615" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Sub example_datepart</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_idN10618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">msgbox DatePart("ww", "12/31/2005")</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_idN1061B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">End Sub</paragraph>
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