WD2000: How to Perform Calculations with Dates and Times

• Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article provides several examples of how to use Visual Basic for Applications macros to perform calculations on dates and times. Word does this by first converting a date or time into a serial number. Word then uses the serial number in calculations and converts it back into a standard date or time format.

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Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Examples:

Sub Date_DateCalc()
   'To calculate a date seven days from the current date.
   MsgBox DateSerial(Year(Now), Month(Now), Day(Now) + 7)
End Sub 

Sub Date_YourAge()
   'To return your age in number of days.
   'Replace "mm/dd/yy" with your birth date.
   MsgBox Int(Now - DateValue("mm/dd/yy"))
End Sub 

Sub Date_DivideTime()
   'To display 6:00 AM (because 6:00 AM is one-half of 12:00 PM).
   MsgBox TimeSerial(12 / 2, 0, 0)
End Sub 

Sub Date_CurrentDateTime()
   'The current date and time.
   MsgBox Now
End Sub 

Sub MyDateTime_CurrentDateTime()
   ' The current date and time in my format
   Dim MyTime, MyDate
   MyTime = Time
   MyDate = Date
   MyDatestr = Format(MyDate, "dddd mmmm d, yyyy")
   MyTimestr = Format(MyTime, "h:mm")
   MsgBox ("Time: " + MyTimestr + Chr$(13) + "Date: " + MyDatestr)
End Sub 

Sub Date_LastDayPreviousMonth()
   'To calculate the last day of the previous month.
   MsgBox (Now - Day(Now))
End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
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