Date type in ASP/Javascript/SQL

[Jan Paul van de Berg]

How do I handle date methods like getDate() on values I get from a
recordset? Example:

rs.Source= "Select SomeDateField From SomeTable"
....

1)
Response.write(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField"));
output: 11/16/2006

2)
Response.write(String(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateFiel d")));
output: Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2006

Since there's a difference I would expect rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")
is a date type. But I cannot apply date methods:

3)
Response.write((rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField").Va lue).getDate());
error: 'rs.Fields.Item(...).Value' is null or not an object

4)
Response.write((rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")).g etDate());
error: Object doesn't support this property or method

5)
Response.write(CDate(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField ")).getDate());
error: Object expected

[Julian Turner]

Jan Paul van de Berg wrote:

How do I handle date methods like getDate() on values I get from a
recordset? Example:

rs.Source= "Select SomeDateField From SomeTable"
...

1)
Response.write(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField"));
output: 11/16/2006

2)
Response.write(String(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateFiel d")));
output: Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2006

Since there's a difference I would expect rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")
is a date type. But I cannot apply date methods:

3)
Response.write((rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField").Va lue).getDate());
error: 'rs.Fields.Item(...).Value' is null or not an object

4)
Response.write((rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")).g etDate());
error: Object doesn't support this property or method

5)
Response.write(CDate(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField ")).getDate());
error: Object expected

Hi

Does ".VALUE" return a VT_DATE? In which case you may need to do

var jsDate = new Date(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField").Value);

Regards

Julian