FormatDate()

Syntax

Text$ = FormatDate(Mask$, Date)

Returns a string representation of the Date, according to the specified Mask$. The Mask$ is a string which tells how the date should be formatted. The Mask$ accepts several reserved tokens:

  %yyyy: Will be replaced by the year value, on 4 digits.
  %yy: Will be replaced by the year value, on 2 digits.
  %mm: Will be replaced by the month value, on 2 digits.
  %dd: Will be replaced by the day value, on 2 digits.
  %hh: Will be replaced by the hour value, on 2 digits.
  %ii: Will be replaced by the minute value, on 2 digits.
  %ss: Will be replaced by the second value, on 2 digits.

Example:

  Debug FormatDate("Y=%yyyy, M= %mm, D=%dd", Date()) ; Will display the date under 
                                                     ; the form "Y=2002, M=10, D=03"
    
  Debug FormatDate("%hh:%ii:%ss", Date())  ; Will display the time using the 00:00:00 format

Supported OS

Windows, Linux, MacOS X