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Displaying and formatting Dates and Times

Displaying and formatting Dates and Times
Just to clear up an issue, the date and time displayed on this page are provided by my server so may not be the same where you are. Some of the dates are displayed in UK format ie dd/mm/yyyy rather than the American mm/dd/yyyy, though they'll display correctly according to where your server is located.

<% strNow=Now() ' this variable will be used later below %>    
strNow holds the value 13/06/2005 03:57:21

<%= Date() %> prints out 13/06/2005

<%= Now() %> prints out 13/06/2005 03:57:21

<%= Time() %> prints out 03:57:21

<%= FormatDateTime(strNow, vbGeneralDate) %> prints out 13/06/2005

<%= FormatDateTime(strNow, vbLongDate) %> prints out 13 June 2005

<%= FormatDateTime(strNow,vbShortDate) %> prints out 13/06/2005

<%= FormatDateTime(strNow, vbLongTime) %> prints out 03:57:21

<%= FormatDateTime(strNow, vbShortTime) %> prints out 03:57

<%= Year(strNow) %> prints out 2005

<%= Month(strNow) %> prints out 6

<%=Day(strNow) %> prints out 13

<%=Hour(strNow) %> prints out 3

<%=Minute(strNow) %> prints out 57

<%=Second(strNow) %> prints out 21

<%= WeekDay(strNow) %> prints out 2

<%= WeekDayName(WeekDay(strNow)) %> prints out Monday

<%= WeekDayName(WeekDay(strNow), 1) %> prints out Mon