Working with Dates and Time

» mdehnel - Date and Time Combined

Is there a proper way to combine date and time

If I have strings for
mydate August 23, 2001
and
mytime 1:20:00 AM
can I combine them into 1?

I get and error when I try
CDate(08/23/2001 1:20:00 AM)
however Now() and FormatDate(Now(),0)
returns a valid date
what is the format for the combined date and time?

-- posted by mdehnel

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» kmaxim - Re: Date and Time Combined

In response to message posted by mdehnel:

Thank you for your question. You can combine date and time in one string using string concatenation (&). Consider the following example:

mydate=date() 'Getting system date
mytime=time() 'Getting system time
mydatetime=mydate & mytime 'String concatenation
mydatetime=cdate(mydatetime) 'Using the CdDate() function
document.write mydatetime 'Displaying the result

In your example, CDate(08/23/2001 1:20:00 AM) Script engine can not recognize argument as the date and time literals. You should code it using quotation marks " or better pound sign # (recomended by Microsoft). Try the following:
CDate("08/23/2001 1:20:00 AM") or
CDate(#08/23/2001 1:20:00 AM#).

-- posted by kmaxim

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» akidi - OUTLOOK APPLICATION USING VBSCRIPT

Hello All,
Please Could anybody help me with this :
I have this Outlook 2000 application development problems which I
dont know how to begin with as even though I've been programming with
other languages I've never done that with outlook using VBScripting. I saw u people's contribution to SUITE101 website.I am doing my final
thesis on this and any asistance rendered will be highly appreciated,
here are the specifications:
>
> Specification (draft)
>
> Functions:
> 1)
> To calculate a running total of flexible working hours and show it in
calendar view based on a reference calendar which is on server in
"Public Folders" with a name "Standard Working Hours"
>
> A separate "balance ticket" can be generated as well and user may open
the balance ticket to get all the required information (daily and running
balance).
>
> Another option is to place the information in the "Tasks" folder of
the user or some other special "Own Working Hours"
>
> 2)
> To calculate own daily working hours based on a reference calendar
which is on server in "Public Folders" with a name "Working Hours"
>
> 3)
> To check that there are no overlapping hours (overlapping
appointments are OK, but the ones starting with an integer are not permitted to
overlap). A RED error ticket may be generated or some other form of error
message should be displayed to the user in error condition.
>
> 4)
> TO make a balance correction - if needed based on special "balance
correction" appoinment on the day given for the future days
>
> 5)
> To produce a (given time span) report of used working hours to
specific codenumber or task. This is extra bonus feature.
>
> Tools:
> 1) Outlook-2000 + forms
> 2) visual basic

> Thankx for your anticipated assistance.
> N.B:
> Please I just need the instructions on how to start and continue

-- posted by akidi

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