DateSerial
Creates a date serial
Syntax
`
Declare Function DateSerial ( ByVal year As Long, ByVal month As Long, ByVal day As Long ) As Long
`
Usage
`
#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = DateSerial( year, month, day )
`
Parameters
`year`
the year
`month`
the month of the year
`day`
the day of the month
Return Value
Returns a date serial containing the date formed by the values in the `year`, `month` and `day` parameters.The date serial returned has no decimal part.
Description
The compiler will not recognize this function unless `vbcompat.bi` or `datetime.bi` is included.
Example
`
#include "vbcompat.bi"
Dim a As Long = DateSerial(2005, 11, 28)
Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss")
`
Differences from QB

- Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also

- Date Serials
- `DateSerial`
- `TimeValue`
- `DateValue`