DateToString

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Returns a string expression corresponding to the date (integer) portion of the specified DateTime value.

The integer portion of the DateTime value specifies the number of days since January 1st, 1900, and the fractional portion of the DateTime value specifies the fraction of the day since midnight.

Usage

DateToString(DateTime)

Where: DateTime - a double-precision decimal DateTime value to be converted to a string expression representing the date

Notes

The output example is in the default US regional date format. Date format is controlled by the Regional Options settings that can be accessed from the Control Panel of the Windows XP operating system.

Example

DateToString(39448.25000000) will return the string "1/1/2008".