Example - Format Function

' Format Function Example
' 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 settings on which the code
' is running. When times and dates are displayed in the 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 development environment 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
    MsgBox MyTime
    MsgBox Second( MyTime ) & " Seconds"
    MsgBox Minute( MyTime ) & " Minutes"
    MsgBox Hour( MyTime ) & " Hours"
    MsgBox Day( MyDate ) & " Days"
    MsgBox Month( MyDate ) & " Months"
    MsgBox Year( MyDate ) & " Years"
    
    ' Returns current system time in the system-defined long time format.
    MsgBox Format(Time, "ShortTime")
    MyStr = Format(Time, "Long Time")
    
    ' Returns current system date in the system-defined long date format.
    MsgBox Format(Date, "Short Date")
    MsgBox Format(Date, "Long Date")
    MyStr = Format(MyTime, "h:n:s") ' Returns "17:4:23".
    MyStr = Format(MyTime, "hh:nn:ss") ' Returns "20:04:22 ".
    MyStr = Format(MyDate, "dddd,mmm 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