<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************** * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03100300xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">CDate Function [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03100300.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <section id="cdate"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150772"> <bookmark_value>CDate function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150772" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03100300.xhp" name="CDate Function [Runtime]">CDate Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts any string or numeric expression to a date value.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148944" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">CDate (Expression)</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Date</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153525" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> <emph>Expression:</emph> Any string or numeric expression that you want to convert.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">When you convert a string expression, the date and time must be entered in the format MM.DD.YYYY HH.MM.SS, as defined by the <emph>DateValue</emph> and <emph>TimeValue</emph> function conventions. In numeric expressions, values to the left of the decimal represent the date, beginning from December 31, 1899. Values to the right of the decimal represent the time.</paragraph> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sub ExampleCDate</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">MsgBox cDate(1000.25) REM 09.26.1902 06:00:00</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox cDate(1001.26) REM 09.27.1902 06:14:24</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">end sub</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>