VBScript FormatDateTime Function
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The FormatDateTime function formats and returns a valid date or time expression.
Syntax
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FormatDateTime(date,format)
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| Parameter |
Description |
| date |
Required. Any valid date expression (like Date()
or Now()) |
| format |
Optional. A value that specifies the date/time format to use
Can take the following values:
- 0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
- 1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
- 2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
- 3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
- 4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm
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Example
Example
Display a date in different formats:
<script type="text/vbscript">
d=CDate("2010-02-16 13:45")
document.write(FormatDateTime(d) & "<br />")
document.write(FormatDateTime(d,1) & "<br />")
document.write(FormatDateTime(d,2) & "<br />")
document.write(FormatDateTime(d,3) & "<br />")
document.write(FormatDateTime(d,4) & "<br />")
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
2/16/2010 1:45:00 PM
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2/16/2010
1:45:00 PM
13:45 |
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