Formatting date

[Bill]

I'm currently entering the date into my date field using the now()
function, which delivers this result: 2/2/2004 9:08:09 AM which is
fine for some cases.

However, when retreiving this result, sometimes I'd just like to pull
up the first part, such as the 2/2/2004 and cut out the rest. How do
I take this date output, and format it to show only what I want? I'm
writing all this in ASP.

Thanks,

Bill

[Ray at]

Take a look at the formatDateTime function in your VBScript documentation
that you downloaded from here.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...6-1C4099D7BBB9

Ray at work

"Bill" <bi***********@gospellight.com> wrote in message
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I'm currently entering the date into my date field using the now()
function, which delivers this result: 2/2/2004 9:08:09 AM which is
fine for some cases.

However, when retreiving this result, sometimes I'd just like to pull
up the first part, such as the 2/2/2004 and cut out the rest. How do
I take this date output, and format it to show only what I want? I'm
writing all this in ASP.

Thanks,

Bill

[Peter Foti]

"Bill" <bi***********@gospellight.com> wrote in message
news:8d**************************@posting.google.c om...

I'm currently entering the date into my date field using the now()
function, which delivers this result: 2/2/2004 9:08:09 AM which is
fine for some cases.

However, when retreiving this result, sometimes I'd just like to pull
up the first part, such as the 2/2/2004 and cut out the rest. How do
I take this date output, and format it to show only what I want? I'm
writing all this in ASP.

The FormatDateTime function will do what you want. For example:

Response.Write FormatDateTime( Now(), VBShortDate )

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Peter Foti