VBScript DatePart Function

The DatePart function returns the specified part of a given date.

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

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
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
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

Examples

Get the month from a date:

<%

d=CDate("2010-02-16")
response.write(DatePart("m",d))

%>

The output of the code above will be:

Get the month we are in:

<%

response.write(DatePart("m",Now()))

%>

The output of the code above will be:

Get the hour:

<%

response.write(DatePart("h",Now())

%>

The output of the code above will be:

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