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#### Example:

' 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

x = Date()

Print Date

Print x

Print “VarType: “ & VarType(Date)

MyTime = "08:04:23 PM"

MyDate = "03/03/95"

MyDate = "January 27, 1993"

SysDate = Date

MsgBox Sysdate,0,"System Date"

MsgBox Now,0,"Now"

MsgBox MyTime,0,"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, "Short Time") & " Short Time"

MsgBox Format(Time, "Long Time") & "Long Time"

' Returns current system date in the system-defined long date format.

MsgBox Format(Date, "Short Date") & " Short Date"

MsgBox Format(Date, "Long Date") & " Long Date"

MyDate = "30 December 91" ' use of European date

print Mydate

MsgBox MyDate,0,"MyDate International..."

MsgBox Day(MyDate),0,"day"

MsgBox Month(MyDate),0,"month"

MsgBox Year(MyDate),0,"year"

MyDate = "30-Dec-91" ' another of European date usage

print Mydate

MsgBox MyDate,0,"MyDate International..."

MsgBox Day(MyDate),0,"day"

MsgBox Month(MyDate),0," month"

MsgBox Year(MyDate),0,"year"

MsgBox Format("This is it", ">") ' Returns "THIS IS IT".

End Sub