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You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> + +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<meta> +<topic id="textsbasicshared03030101xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> +<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DateSerial Function</title> +<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03030101.xhp</filename> +</topic> +<history> +<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> +</history> +</meta> +<body> +<section id="dateserial"> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3157896"><bookmark_value>DateSerial function</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<h1 id="hd_id381619878817271"><variable id="DateSerial_H1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030101.xhp" name="DateSerial Function">DateSerial Function</link></variable></h1> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US">Returns a <emph>Date</emph> value for a specified year, month, or day.</paragraph> +</section> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functsyntax"/> +<bascode> +<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US">DateSerial (year, month, day)</paragraph> +</bascode> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functvalue"/> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150398" xml-lang="en-US">Date</paragraph> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functparameters"/> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US"> +<emph>Year:</emph> Integer expression that indicates a year. 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"> +<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"> +<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">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">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">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">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"/> +<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functexample"/> +<bascode> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3148646" localize="false">Sub ExampleDateSerial</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3156441" localize="false">Dim lDate As Long</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154791" localize="false">Dim sDate As String</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3155415" localize="false"> lDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147125" localize="false"> sDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154942"> MsgBox lDate ' returns 23476</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3151074"> MsgBox sDate ' returns 04/09/1964</paragraph> + <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3153878" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph> +</bascode> +</body> +</helpdocument> |