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Format a database date

sashi
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Format database date.

This snippet of code will allow you to take in a date parameter. It will check the date parameter to see if there is a valid time portion or not. It will then format the date in such a way as to be functional regardless of where or how it's used.

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  1. Public Function FormatDate(ByVal vdtDate As Date) As String
  2. Dim dtNullDate As Date
  3. FormatDate = "NULL"
  4.  
  5.   If vdtDate = dtNullDate Then Exit Function
  6.   If DatePart("h", vdtDate) = 0 And DatePart("n", vdtDate) = 0 And     DatePart("s", vdtDate) = 0 Then
  7.     FormatDate = "{d '" & Format$(vdtDate, "yyyy-mm-dd") & "'}"
  8.   Else
  9.     FormatDate = "{ts '" & Format$(vdtDate, "yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss") & "'}"
  10.   End If
  11. End Function
  12.  
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