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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>CDate Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03100300"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><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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  6.         p.P2{
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  8.         span.T1{
  9.                 font-weight:bold;}
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  13.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="cdate" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  14.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66509">CDate Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  15.   <p class="Paragraph">Converts any string or numeric expression expression to a date value.</p>
  16.   </help:to-be-embedded>
  17.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph">CDate (Expression) <help:key-word value="CDate" tag="kw66509_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  19.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Return value</span>:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph">Date</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph">Expression: Any string or numeric expression to be converted.</p>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph">When converting a string expression, the date and time must be entered in the format MM.DD.YYYY HH.MM.SS, as defined by the <span class="T1">DateValue</span> and <span class="T1">TimeValue</span> function conventions. In numeric expressions, values to the left of the decimal represent the date, beginning from December 31, 1899. Values to the right of the decimal represent the time.</p>
  24.   <p class="P2">Example:</p>
  25.   <p class="PropText">sub ExampleCDate</p>
  26.   <p class="PropText">MsgBox cDate(1000.25) REM 09.26.1902 06:00:00</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText">MsgBox cDate(1001.26) REM 09.27.1902 06:14:24</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText">end sub</p>
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