ASP date and Time function examples _ Application tips

Examples of date and time functions for ASP

You can use date and time functions to get dates and times in various formats

Function	Grammar	Description	Example
Now	Now ()	Get the current date and time of the system	Dim MyVar MyVar = Now ' MyVar Contains the current date and time.
Date	Date ()	Get the current date of the system	Dim MyDate MyDate = Date ' MyDate Contains the current system date.
Time	Time ()	Get the system Current time	Dim MyTime MyTime = Time ' Returns the current system time.
Year	Year (Date)	Get the year of a given date	Dim MyDate, MyYear MyDate = #October 19, 1962# ' Assign a date. MyYear = Year(MyDate) ' MyYear Contains 1962 .
Month	Month (Date)	Get the month of a given date	Dim MyVar MyVar = Month(Now) ' MyVar contains the number corresponding to the current month.
Day	Day (Date)	Get the date given	Dim MyDay MyDay = Day("October 19, 1962") ' Myday contains 19 .
Hour	Hour (Time)	To get a given time is the first few hours	Dim MyTime, MyHour MyTime = Now MyHour = Hour(MyTime) ' MyHour Contains a numeric value that represents the current time.
Minute	Minute (Time)	To get a given time is the first few minutes	Dim MyVar MyVar = Minute(Now)
Second	Second (Time)	The first few seconds to get the time to keep	Dim MySec MySec = Second(Now) 'MySec Contains a number that represents the current second.
Weekday	Weekday (Date)	Gets the integer that the given date is the day of the week, 1 means Sunday, 2 means Monday, and so forth	Dim MyDate, MyWeekDay MyDate = #October 19, 1962# ' Dispatch date MyWeekDay = Weekday(MyDate) ' MyWeekDay Inclusive 6,MyDate Representative Friday
DateDiff	DateDiff ("Var", VAR1,VAR2) Var: Date or time interval factor with the following parameters: YYYY m month D Day WW Week H S sec VAR1: first date or time VAR2: Second date or time, later than Var1	Calculate the interval of two dates or times	DateDiff ("D", Date (), #1/1/2005#) ' Return from 2005 New Year's Day how much more DateDiff ("H", Date (), #1/1/2005#) ' Return to 2005 New Year's Day and how many hours DateDiff ("D", #1/1/2003#, #1/1/2005#) ' Returns the number of days between two dates
DateAdd	DateDiff ("Var", VAR1,VAR2) Var: Date or time interval factor: VAR1: Date or time interval multiple VAR2: A reference to a date or time	Add to two dates or times	The following example adds one months to January 31, 95: DateAdd("m", 1, "31-Jan-95") In this example,DateAdd returns February 28, 95, not February 31, 95. If date is January 31, 96, it returns February 29, 96, because 1996 is a leap year. If the calculated date is before 100 A.D., an error is generated.
FormatDateTime	FormatDateTime (Date,vbshortdate)	Convert to Short date format	Fromatdatetime (Date (), vblongdate) "Display in Long date format
	FormatDateTime (Date,vblongdate)	Convert to Long date format
	FormatDateTime (Date,vbshorttime)	Convert to short time format
	FormatDateTime (Date,vblongtime)	Convert to long time format