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Date and Time 52
Date and Time
OpenOffice.org Basic provides the Date data type, which saves the date and time details in
binary format.
Specification of Date and Time Details within the Program
Code
You can assign a date to a date variable through the assignment of a simple string:
Dim MyDate As Date
MyDate = "24.1.2002"
This assignment can function properly because OpenOffice.org Basic automatically converts
the date value defined as a string into a date variable. This type of assignment, however,
can cause errors, date and time values are defined and displayed differently in different
countries.
Since OpenOffice.org Basic uses the country-specific settings of the operating system when
converting a string into a date value, the expression shown previously only functions
correctly if the country-specific settings match the string expression.
To avoid this problem, the DateSerial function should be used to assign a fixed value to a
date variable:
Dim MyVar As Date
MyDate = DateSerial (2001, 1, 24)
The function parameter must be in the sequence: year, month, day. The function ensures
that the variable is actually assigned the correct value regardless of the country-specific
settings
The TimeSerial function formats time details in the same way that the DateSerial function
formats dates:
Dim MyVar As Date
MyDate = TimeSerial(11, 23, 45)
Their parameters should be specified in the sequence: hours, minutes, seconds.