formatDate Method
Formats the supplied date using the specified formatting options.
Syntax
formatDate(varDate, bstrFormat, varDestLocale)
Parameters
- varDate
- Variant. Date that is to be formatted.
- bstrFormat
- String. Specified formatting. The following codes are supported:
- m
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Months as 1-12
- mm
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Months as 01-12
- mmm
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Months as Jan-Dec
- mmmm
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Months as January-December
- mmmmm
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Months as the first letter of the month
- d
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Days as 1-31
- dd
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Days as 01-31
- ddd
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Days as Sun-Sat
- dddd
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Days as Sunday-Saturday
- yy
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Years as 00-99
- yyyy
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Years as 1900-9999
- varDestLocale
- Variant. Locale to use in determining the correct sequence to be used in the date. If not supplied, the month-day-year sequence is used.
Returns
String. Returns the string containing the date in the requested format.
Applies To
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