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  2. <html><head><title>DateSerial Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03030101"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  11.   <help:paragraphinfo state="E" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="dateserial" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  12.   <p class="Head1"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="1"/><help:key-word value="DateSerial; function" tag="kw66424_1"/><a name="dateserial"/><help:link Id="66424">DateSerial Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  13.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/>Returns a <span style="font-weight:bold;">Date</span> value for a specified year, month, or day.<a name="ende"/></p>
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  15.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Syntax:</p>
  16.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>DateSerial (year, month, day)</p>
  17.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Return value:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Date</p>
  19.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Parameters:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Year:</span> Integer expression that indicates a year. All values between 0 and 99 are interpreted as the years 1900-1999. For years that fall outside this range, you must enter all four digits.</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Month:</span> Integer expression that indicates the month of the specified year. The accepted range is from 1-12.</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Day:</span> Integer expression that indicates the day of the specified month. The accepted range is from 1-31, depending on the month.</p>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The <span class="T1">DateSerial function</span> returns the number of days between December 30,1899 and the given date. You can use this function to calculate the difference between two dates.</p>
  24.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The <span class="T1">DateSerial function</span> returns the data type Variant with VarType 7 (Date). Internally, this value is stored as a Double value, so that when the given date is 1.1.1900, the returned value is 2. Negative values correspond to dates before December 30, 1899 (not inclusive).</p>
  25.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If a date is defined that lies outside of the accepted range, <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Basic returns an error message.</p>
  26.   <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Whereas you define the <span class="T1">DateValue function</span> as a string that contains the date, the <span class="T1">DateSerial function</span> evaluates each of the parameters (year, month, day) as separate numeric expressions.</p>
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  29.   <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Example:</p>
  30.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sub ExampleDateSerial</p>
  31.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Dim lDate as Long</p>
  32.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="18" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Dim sDate as String</p>
  33.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="19" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>lDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</p>
  34.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="20" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>sDate = DateSerial(1964, 4, 9)</p>
  35.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="21" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>msgbox lDate REM returns 23476</p>
  36.   <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="22" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>msgbox sDate REM returns 09.04.1964 00:00:00</p>
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