Datepart

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Example
6 See Also

Description

The datepart function takes a Julian-day value d (double) and returns that portion identified by specifier datepart$. Optional parameter n applies only to datepart$ = ww or w.

See this note.

Syntax

Datepart(datepart$, d [, n])

Parameters

is a Julian-day value which can include date and time.

datepart$

is the portion of the Julian-day value specified by one of the following:

datepart$	Unit
yyyy	year
q	quarter
m	month
y	day of the year
d	day of the month
ww	week of the year
w	day (number) of the week
h	hour
n	minute
s	second
ms	milliseconds
do	date only (time portion removed)
to	time only (date portion removed). Return time as fraction of a day.
dyt	day of year, with time as fraction of day

is a optional integer value that specifies start of the week:

0 (default)	Returns 0 (Sunday) through 6 (Saturday)
1	Returns 1 (Sunday) through 7 (Saturday)
2	Returns 0 (Monday) through 6 (Sunday)
3	Returns 1 (Monday) through 7 (Sunday)

Return

Portion of the Julian-day value returned as a double.

Example

datepart(yyyy, 2457360.5107885)=; // returns 2015

datepart(y, Today())=; // returns the day number of the current year

datepart(w, 2457360.5107885, 1)=; // returns 6

datepart(w, 2457360.5107885)=; // returns 5