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Date & Time

# TOPIC PROG CODE NOTES  
1
Day Of Week
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
DOW: Format([date field],"dddd")
A [date field] value of 6/13/2012 will return: Wednesday
 
2
Day Of Week
EXCEL
In the results cell, type:
=TEXT(A2,"dddd")
Cell A2 contains the data in this example.
 
3
Current Date
ACCESS
Date()
Returns value similar to:
6/13/2012
 
4
Current Date
EXCEL
In the results cell, type:
=TODAY()
Returns value similar to:
6/13/2012
 
5
Current Date And Time
ACCESS
Now()
Returns value similar to:
6/13/2012 3:40:35 PM
 
6
Current Date And Time
 
7
Filtering Date from Now Function
ACCESS
Format([DateField],"yyyy-mm-dd")
DateField = Now()
 
8
Filtering Time from Now Function
ACCESS
Format([DateField],"HH:MM:SS")
DateField = Now()
 
9
First Day Of Month
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
FDOM:DateSerial(Year([date field]),Month([date field]),1)
 
10
Last Day Of Month
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
LDOM:
DateSerial(Year([date field]),Month([date field]),+1,0)
 
11
First Day Of Year
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
FDOY: DateSerial(Year([date field]),1,1)
 
12
Last Day Of Year
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
LDOY: DateSerial(Year([date field]),+13,0)
 
13
First Day Of Current Month
ACCESS
     
14
Last Day Of Current Month
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
LDCM: DateSerial(Year(Date()), Month(Date()) + 1,0)
   
15
First Day Of Next Month
ACCESS
     
16
Last Day Of Next Month
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
LDNM: DateSerial(Year(Date()), Month(Date()) + 2,0)
   
17
First Day Of Previous Month
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
FDPM: DateSerial(Year(Date()), Month(Date()) -1,1)
   
18
Last Day Of Previous Month
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
LDPM: DateSerial(Year(Date()), Month(Date()),0)
   
19
Pull Month From Date
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
MonthName: Format([date field],"mmmm")
 
20
Pull Month-Number From Date
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
MonthNumber: Format([date field],"m")
This will return an integer between 1 and 12.
 
21
Pull Year From Date
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
Year: Format([date field],"yyyy")
This will return the four-digit year.
 
22
Pull Quarter From Date
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
Quarter: Format([date field],"q")
This will return either 1,2,3 or 4.
 
23
Pull Month & Year From Date
(Format 1)
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
ShortDate: Format([date field],"mmmm-yy")
This will return a period similar to:
Mar-2002
 
24
Pull Month & Year From Date
(Format 2)
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
ShortDate: Format([date field],"m-yyy")
This will return a period similar to:
3/2002
 
25
Pull Short Date
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
ShortDate: Format([date field],"Short Date")
 
26
ACCESS
 
27
Convert String To A Date
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
tempDate: CDate([date text field])
 
28
Convert a character to a number.
ACCESS
In a created field, type:
Numeric Year: Val([txtYear])
[txtYear] is text-formatted.
 
29
Weekend Function
ACCESS
This actually displays the numeric day of the week, but you can use it as a limit to identify records that occur on a Saturday or Sunday.
Weekday: Weekday([date field])
Saturday = 7, Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, Tuesday = 3, Wednesday = 4
Thursday = 5, Friday = 6