Example - Hour Function
' This example shows various uses of the Format function to format values
' using both named and user-defined formats. For the date separator (/),
' time separator (:), and AM/ PM literal, the actual formatted output
' displayed by your system depends on the locale setting son which the code
' is running. When times and dates are displayed inthe development
' environment, the short time and short date formats of the code locale
' are used. When displayed by running code, the short time and short date
' formats of the system locale are used, which may differ from the code
' locale. For this example, English/United States is assumed.
' MyTime and MyDate are displayed in the developmentenvironment using
' current system short time and short date settings.
Sub Main()
MyTime= "08:04:23 PM"
MyDate = "03/03/95"
MyDate = "January 27, 1993"
MsgBox Now 'Returns the current date and time
MsgBox MyTime 'Returns "08:04:23 PM"
MsgBox Second( MyTime ) & " Seconds" 'Returns "23 Seconds"
MsgBox Minute( MyTime ) & " Minutes" 'Returns "4 Minutes"
MsgBox Hour( MyTime )& " Hours" 'Returns "20 Hours"
MsgBox Day( MyDate ) & " Days" 'Returns"27 Days"
MsgBox Month( MyDate ) & " Months" 'Returns "1 Months"
MsgBox Year( MyDate ) & " Years" 'Returns "1993 Years"
MsgBox Format(Time, "Short Time")
'Returns the current system time in this short format "hh:mm"
MsgBox Format(Time, "Long Time")
'Returns the current system time in this long format"hh:mm:ss pm"
MsgBox Format(Date, "Short Date")
'Returns the current system date in this short format "mm/dd/yyyy"
MsgBox Format(Date, "Long Date")
'Returns the current system, date in the long format.
'Returns the time or date based on the parameters:
MsgBox Format(MyTime, "h:n:s") 'Returns "17:4:23".
MsgBox Format(MyTime, "hh:nn:ssAMPM") 'Returns "05:04:23 PM".
MsgBox Format(MyDate, "dddd,nnn d yyyy") 'Returns "Wednesday, Jan27 1993".
' If format is not supplied, a string is returned:
MsgBox Format(23) 'Returns "23".
' User-defined formats:
MsgBox Format(5459.4, "##,##0.00") 'Returns "5,459.40".
MsgBox Format(334.9, "###0.00") 'Returns"334.90".
MsgBox Format(5, "0.00%") 'Returns "500.00%".
MsgBox Format("HELLO", "<") 'Returns "hello".
MsgBox Format("This is it", ">") 'Returns "THIS IS IT".
End Sub