ASP/VBScript DatePart()

Author: admin | Posted: 19-04-2010 | Category: ASP/VBScript & Date Time

ASP/VBScript DatePart() Returns the specified part of a given date.

ShotDev Focus:
- Using Asp and DatePart() function.

Syntax


DatePart(interval,  date[, firstdayofweek[,  firstweekofyear]])

The DatePart function syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
interval	Required. String expression that is the interval of time you want to return. See Settings section for values.
date	Required. Date expression you want to evaluate.
firstdayof week	Optional. Constant that specifies the day of the week. If not specified, Sunday is assumed. See Settings section for values.
firstweekofyear	Optional. Constant that specifies the first week of the year. If not specified, the first week is assumed to be the week in which January 1 occurs. See Settings section for values.

Settings

The interval argument can have the following values:

Setting	Description
yyyy	Year
q	Quarter
m	Month
y	Day of year
d	Day
w	Weekday
ww	Week of year
h	Hour
n	Minute
s	Second

The firstdayofweek argument can have the following values:

Constant	Value	Description
vbUseSystem	0	Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting.
vbSunday	1	Sunday (default)
vbMonday	2	Monday
vbTuesday	3	Tuesday
vbWednesday	4	Wednesday
vbThursday	5	Thursday
vbFriday	6	Friday
vbSaturday	7	Saturday

The firstweekofyear argument can have the following values:

Constant	Value	Description
vbUseSystem	0	Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting.
vbFirstJan1	1	Start with the week in which January 1 occurs (default).
vbFirstFourDays	2	Start with the week that has at least four days in the new year.
vbFirstFullWeek	3	Start with the first full weekof the new year.

Example

asp_datepart.asp


<% Option Explicit %>
<html>
<head>
<title>ShotDev.Com Tutorial</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
Response.write Date&"<br>"
Response.write DatePart("yyyy",Date())&"<br>"
Response.write DatePart("m",Date())&"<br>"
Response.write DatePart("d",Date())&"<br>"
Response.write DatePart("ww",Date())&"<br>"
%>
</body>
</html>

Create a asp file and save to path root-path/myasp/

Run
http://localhost/myasp/asp_datepart.asp

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