LOTUSSCRIPT LANGUAGE

Examples: CDat function
Here are two programming examples of the CDat function.

Example 1
Dim dateV As Variant

' Convert a numeric value to a date/time value.
dateV = CDat(34814.3289)

' Display the formatted date and time.
Print Format$(dateV, "Medium Date"), _
     Format$(dateV, "Medium Time")
' Prints 25-Apr-95  07:53 AM

' Convert the date back to a number.
Print CDbl(dateV)                 ' Prints 34814.3289

' Convert a date string to a date.
Print CDat("April 25, 1995")      ' Prints 4/25/95

Example 2
print CDat(-1_,cdate(0), cdate(1)

'Output is 12/29/1899    12:00:00 AM    12/31/1899

print CDat("23:59:59"), cdat("00:00:00"), cdat("00:00:01")

'Output is 11:59:59 PM    12:00:00 AM   12:00:01 AM

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