Format Now() to "yyyymmddhhmmss" in eVB

Hi all,
how do i format the current date Now() to the format of yyyymmddhhmmss in eVB? i know that in VB6 we can simple use

format(Now(), "yyyymmddhhmmss"

but in eVB, this cannot be done. can someone help me with the coding to get what i want? thks in advance

longwar

anyone can help me in this?

hi all,
seem like i have to solve it myself. anyway, i have used this function to format the date to "yyyymmddhhmmss". anyone who have better way of doing it can let me know as well.

'format date to "yyyymmddhhmmss"
Public Function formatDateToString(Datetemp As Date) As String
Dim strMth As String, strDay As String, strHr As String
Dim strMin As String, strSec As String

If Len(Month(Datetemp)) = 1 Then
strMth = "0" & Month(Datetemp)
Else
strMth = Month(Datetemp)
End If

If Len(Day(Datetemp)) = 1 Then
strDay = "0" & Day(Datetemp)
Else
strDay = Day(Datetemp)
End If

If Len(Hour(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))) = 1 Then
strHr = "0" & Hour(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))
Else
strHr = Hour(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))
End If

If Len(Minute(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))) = 1 Then
strMin = "0" & Minute(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))
Else
strMin = Minute(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))
End If

If Len(Second(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))) = 1 Then
strSec = "0" & Second(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))
Else
strSec = Second(FormatDateTime(Datetemp, vbLongTime))
End If

Dim strTemp As String

strTemp = Year(Datetemp) & strMth & strDay & strHr & strMin & strSec
formatDateToString = strTemp
End Function

I coded a function in eVB to format any date+time string: Parameters needed are the following
Dato - DateTime to format
FormatoF - # of format for the date part (see code below for detail)
SeparadorF - string to separate day, month, year parts. Use "" for no separator
FormatoH - # of format for the time part (see code below for detail)
SeparadorH - string to separate hours, minutes, seconds. Use "" for no separator

Function is in current use in aplications developed for mobile devices, so it has been tested a lot. Hope it is useful to you.

As a developer in a spanish speaking country, documentation is in that lenguaje. Nowadays that language is a common one.

Public Function FormatoFecha(ByVal Dato As DateTime, ByVal FormatoF As Integer, ByVal SeparadorF As String, FormatoH As Integer, ByVal SeparadorH As String) As String
'Generar string de acuerdo al formato indicado con parámetros (FormatoF, FormatoH)
'usando los separadores indicados para fecha (SeparadorF) y hora (SeparadorH)
'Dato: valor para generar el string
'FormatoF: para la parte de fecha del parámetro Dato, * denota el separador (omitible con "")
' 0 - No incluir dato de fecha (exclude date part)
' 1 - "DD*MM*YYYY"
' 2 - "DD*MM*YY"
' 3 - "MM*DD*YYYY"
' 4 - "MM*DD*YY"
' 5 - "YYYY*MM*DD"
'FormatoH: para la parte de hora del parámetro Dato, * denota el separador (omitible con "")
' 0 - No incluir dato de hora (exclude time part)
' 1 - "HH*MM*SS" HH en el rango [0,24]
' 2 - "HH*MM" HH en el rango [0,24]
' 3 - "HH*MM*SS NN" HH en el rango [0,12] NN indica AM o PM
' 4 - "HH*MM NN" HH en el rango [0,12] NN indica AM o PM
'SeparadorF: caracter para separar entre día, mes y año, ejemplos: "/" "-" "\"
'SeparadorH: caracter para separar entre hora, minutos, segundos, ejemplos: ":", "-", "+"
'NOTAS: "" en SeparadorF o SeparadorH implica que no se incluye caracter separador
' Si día, mes, hora, minuto o segundo es menor a 10 se antepone 0 para tener longitud= 2
'Retorno: Fecha y/u hora según formatos, separados con espacio en blanco si se incluyen ambas.

Dim Dia As String, Mes As String, Anio As String
Dim DiaN As Integer, MesN As Integer, AnioN As Integer
Dim Hora As String, Min As String, Seg As String
Dim HoraN As Integer, MinN As Integer, SegN As Integer
Dim FechaF As String, HoraF As String, AMPM As String

'Si se excluyen ambos datos o no se recibe dato: terminar proceso
If (FormatoF = 0 And FormatoH = 0) Or IsNull(Dato) Or Dato = "" Then
FormatoFecha = ""
Exit Function
End If

'Obtener valores separados:
DiaN = Day(Dato)
MesN = Month(Dato)
AnioN = Year(Dato)
HoraN = Hour(Dato)
MinN = Minute(Dato)
SegN = Second(Dato)

'Pasar a variables tipo string:
Dia = PadLeft(CStr(DiaN), 2, "0")
Mes = PadLeft(CStr(MesN), 2, "0")
Anio = PadLeft(CStr(AnioN), 4, "0")
Hora = PadLeft(CStr(HoraN), 2, "0")
Min = PadLeft(CStr(MinN), 2, "0")
Seg = PadLeft(CStr(SegN), 2, "0")

'Cambiar hora, incluir AM o PM según formato indicado:
AMPM = ""
If FormatoH = 3 Or FormatoH = 4 Then
AMPM = " AM"
If HoraN > 12 Then 'Si es hora PM:
Hora = CStr(HoraN - 12)
If HoraN - 12 < 10 Then Hora = "0" & Hora 'Anteponer 0 si corresponde:
AMPM = " PM"
End If
End If

'Concatenar datos de fecha según formato indicado:
Select Case FormatoF
Case 0
FechaF = ""
Case 1 '"DD*MM*YYYY"
FechaF = Dia & SeparadorF & Mes & SeparadorF & Anio
Case 2 '"DD*MM*YY"
FechaF = Dia & SeparadorF & Mes & SeparadorF & Mid(Anio, 3, 2)
Case 3 '"MM*DD*YYYY"
FechaF = Mes & SeparadorF & Dia & SeparadorF & Anio
Case 4 '"MM*DD*YY"
FechaF = Mes & SeparadorF & Dia & SeparadorF & Mid(Anio, 3, 2)
Case 5 '"YYYY*MM*DD"
FechaF = Anio & SeparadorF & Mes & SeparadorF & Dia
Case Else 'Usar formato YYYY*MM*DD
FechaF = Anio & SeparadorF & Mes & SeparadorF & Dia
End Select

'Concatenar datos de hora según formato indicado:
Select Case FormatoH
Case 0
HoraF = ""
Case 1 '"HH*MM*SS"
HoraF = Hora & SeparadorH & Min & SeparadorH & Seg
Case 2 '"HH*MM"
HoraF = Hora & SeparadorH & Min
Case 3 '"HH*MM*SS NN"
HoraF = Hora & SeparadorH & Min & SeparadorH & Seg & AMPM
Case 4 '"HH*MM NN"
HoraF = Hora & SeparadorH & Min & AMPM
Case Else 'Usar formato "HH*MM NN"
HoraF = Hora & SeparadorH & Min & AMPM
End Select

'Devolver resultado:
FormatoFecha = Trim(FechaF & " " & HoraF)
End Function