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Yearfunction

Gets the year from a Date Serial

Date and Time Functionsfunctiondocumented

Syntax

Declare Function Year ( ByVal date_serial As Double ) As Long

Parameters

NameDescription
date_serialthe date

Return value


Returns the year from a variable containing a date in Date Serial format.

Description



The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi is included.

Remarks

Usage


#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = Year( date_serial )

Differences from QB


  • Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also


Example


#include "vbcompat.bi"



Dim a As Double = DateSerial (2005, 11, 28) + TimeSerial(7, 30, 50)



Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss "); Year(a)


Reference

  • Documented in KeyPgYear.html