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Date (Property)

In french: Date

Available only with these kinds of connection

The Date property is used to:

Retrieve the date from a DateTime variable.
Modify the date in a DateTime variable.
Retrieve the date from a Date item (in "Date and Time" format).
Not available.
Modify the date in a Date item (in "Date and Time" format).
Not available.

Reminder: Date items are used to handle:

simple dates: "Year - Month - Day" (YYYYMMDD format)
dates and times: "Year - Month - Day - Hours - Minutes - Seconds - Milliseconds" (YYYYMMDDHHmmSSCCC format)
durations: "Number of days - Number of hours - Number of minutes - Number of seconds - Number of milliseconds" (+DHHMMSSCCC format)

Example

// Operations performed on a DateTime variable
StartDate is DateTime = "200112121515"
EndDate is Date = "20011209"
// Change the date
StartDate.Date = "20011225"
// Modify the Date part
StartDate.Date = EndDate

// Operations performed on a DateTime item
MyWork.StartDate = "200112121515"
MyWork.EndDate = "20011209"
// Change the date
MyWork.StartDate.Date = "20011225"
// Modify the Date part
MyWork.StartDate.Date = MyWork.EndDate

Syntax

Finding out the date in a DateTime variable Hide the details

<Result> = <DateTime>.Date

<Result>: Date

Date extracted from the DateTime variable.

<DateTime>: DateTime

Name of the DateTime variable to be used.

Modifying the date in a DateTime variable Hide the details

<DateTime>: Date or DateTime

Name of the DateTime variable to be used.

<New date>: Character string or date or integer

New date in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
Integer: number of days between January 1, 1800 and the specified date.
Replaces the date in the specified variable.

Not available in browser code and in PHP

Finding out the date in a Date item (Date and Time format) Hide the details

<Result> = <Data file>.<Item>.Date

<Result>: Date

Date extracted from the item.

<Data file>: Character string

Name of the data file used. This name was defined in the data model editor or with the File Description type.

<Item>: Character string

Name of the item used. This name is defined in the data model editor or with the Item Description type.

Not available in browser code and in PHP

Modifying the date in a Date variable (Date and Time format) Hide the details

<Data file>: Character string

Name of the data file used. This name was defined in the data model editor or with the File Description type.

<Item>: Character string

Name of the item used. This name was defined in the data model editor or with the Item Description type.

<New date>: Character string or date or integer

New date in the following format:
YYYYMMDD
Integer: number of days between January 1, 1800 and the specified date.
Replaces the date in the specified date.

Remarks

The Date and DateTime types are used to handle dates from 01/01/0001 to 12/31/9999.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): Calculations on durations

[ + ] Calculations on dates and times with the WLanguage functions:
- Calculate the duration between two moments (dates and times)
- Calculate a sum of durations
- Calculate an average of durations