Description:
Returns an expression that has been converted to the value of the Date type.
Syntax:
Date CDate(Variant expression)
Parameters:
| expression | (Variant) date or string expression, that represents a date or time |
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Note:
CDate recognizes date literals and time literals as well as some numbers that fall within the range of acceptable dates. When converting a number to a date, the whole number portion is converted to a date. Any fractional part of the number is converted to a time of the day, starting at midnight.
CDate recognizes date formats depending on the locale setting of Windows system. The correct order of the day, month, and year may not be determined if it is provided in the format other than one of the recognized date settings. In addition, a long date format is not recognized if it also contains the day of the week string.
Use the
IsDate function to determine if date can be converted to a date or time.
Example:
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Dim sDate, tShortDate, sTime, tShortTime
sDate = "October 19, 2024"
tShortDate = CDate(sDate)
sTime = "4:35:47 PM"
tShortTime = CDate(sTime)