dateGet

Function: dateGet()

Return an element of the date, for example the year, month or day.

Syntax

dateGet(date,dateField)

ArgumentParameter TypesDescription
dateDate

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

dateFieldSee Date-Time Functions The part of the date 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)the month as a number, 4.