VBScript DatePart Function
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The DatePart function returns the specified part of a given date.
Syntax
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DatePart(interval,date[,firstdayofweek[,firstweekofyear]])
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| Parameter |
Description |
| interval |
Required. The interval of time to return. Can take the
following values:
- yyyy - Year
- q - Quarter
- m - Month
- y - Day of year
- d - Day
- w - Weekday
- ww - Week of year
- h - Hour
- n - Minute
- s - Second
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| date |
Required. Date expression to evaluate |
| firstdayofweek |
Optional. Specifies the day of the week. Can take the
following values:
- 0 = vbUseSystemDayOfWeek - Use National Language Support (NLS) API
setting
- 1 = vbSunday - Sunday (default)
- 2 = vbMonday - Monday
- 3 = vbTuesday - Tuesday
- 4 = vbWednesday - Wednesday
- 5 = vbThursday - Thursday
- 6 = vbFriday - Friday
- 7 = vbSaturday - Saturday
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| firstweekofyear |
Optional. Specifies the first week of the year. Can
take the following values:
- 0 = vbUseSystem - Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting
- 1 = vbFirstJan1 - Start with the week in which January 1 occurs
(default)
- 2 = vbFirstFourDays - Start with the week that has at least four days
in the new year
- 3 = vbFirstFullWeek - Start with the first full week of the new year
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Examples
Example 1
Get the month from a date:
<script type="text/vbscript">
d=CDate("2010-02-16")
document.write(DatePart("m",d))
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
Try it yourself »
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Example 2
Get the month we are in:
<script type="text/vbscript">
document.write(DatePart("m",Now()))
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
Try it yourself »
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Example 3
Get the hour:
<script type="text/vbscript">
document.write(DatePart("h",Now())
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
Try it yourself »
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