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Function: dateGet()

Return an element of the date (e.g. the month), for example the year, month or day.

Syntax

dateGet(date,dateField)

Argument
Type
Parameter TypesDescription
dateDate

The original

date/time

date or date-time. For the current date-time use the attribute function now().

dateFieldSee Date
Field
-Time Functions The part of the date
to be be returned (e.g. the month or seconds)

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that you want returned, for example the day or the month.

Examples

ExampleReturns
dateGet("20190925",_DAY_OF_WEEK)the day of the week as a number (where Monday is 1).
This date is a Wednesday, so it returns 3.
dateGet(now(),_YEAR)the current year in the format yyyy.
dateGet("20100403.162359",_MONTH)

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the month as a number, 4.

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See Also

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dateGet(date, dateField)    Return an element of the date, for example the year, month or day.