DatePart
Extracts a part from a datetime value as a numeric.
Method Signature
DatePart(datepart=[string], date=[any], timezone=[string])Arguments
Argument
Type
Required
Description
Default
datepart
string
true
The part of the date to extract.
date
any
true
The date to extract the part from.
timezone
string
false
An optional, explicit timezone to apply to the date.
Examples
All dateparts
This example shows information available from datePart
<bx:set todayDate = now() >
<h3>datePart Example</h3>
<p>Today's date is <bx:output>#todayDate#</bx:output>.
<p>Using datePart, we extract an integer representing the dateparts from that value <bx:output>
<ul>
<li>year: #datePart( "yyyy", todayDate )#</li>
<li>quarter: #datePart( "q", todayDate )#</li>
<li>month: #datePart( "m", todayDate )#</li>
<li>day of year: #datePart( "y", todayDate )#</li>
<li>day: #datePart( "d", todayDate )#</li>
<li>weekday: #datePart( "w", todayDate )#</li>
<li>week: #datePart( "ww", todayDate )#</li>
<li>hour: #datePart( "h", todayDate )#</li>
<li>minute: #datePart( "n", todayDate )#</li>
<li>second: #datePart( "s", todayDate )#</li>
</ul>
</bx:output>Additional Examples
writeOutput( "Date for the current date is" & datePart( "d", now() ) );
d1 = CreateDate( 2016, 11, 10 ); // user defined date with member function
writeOutput( "<br>Month of the given date is " & d1.Part( "m", "Asia/Calcutta" ) );
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