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[[DateToJulian (1080101)]] will return a value of 39448, corresponding to the specified date of January 1st, 2008
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<syntaxhighlight>DateToJulian (1080101)</syntaxhighlight> will return a value of 39448, corresponding to the specified date of January 1st, 2008
  
[[DateToJulian (990402)]] will return a value of 36252, corresponding to the specified date of April 2nd, 1999  
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<syntaxhighlight>DateToJulian (990402)</syntaxhighlight> will return a value of 36252, corresponding to the specified date of April 2nd, 1999  
 
   
 
   
  

Revision as of 11:13, 19 January 2012

Returns a numerical value corresponding to the Julian Date equivalent of the specified date.

The date is specified in the YYYMMdd format, where YYY is the number of years since 1900, MM is the month, and dd is the day of the month.

Julian Date indicates the number of days that have elapsed since January 1st, 1900.

Usage

DateToJulian(YYYMMdd)

Where: YYYMMdd - a numerical expression, specifying the date in YYYMMdd format

Example

DateToJulian (1080101)

will return a value of 39448, corresponding to the specified date of January 1st, 2008

DateToJulian (990402)

will return a value of 36252, corresponding to the specified date of April 2nd, 1999