extracting the day from a date 1

[MalekTaus]

Does anybody know how to extract just the day from a date because the month and year don't matter to me.

 

[bluedragon2]

use the DAY function...

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[MalekTaus]

I'm not sure how that works could you give me an example of how the DAY function is used?

The VBA help file seems to be worthless on this subject.

 

[HughLerwill]

VBA help gives me;

Day Function

Returns a Variant (Integer) specifying a whole number between 1 and 31, inclusive, representing the day of the month.

Syntax

Day(date)

The required date argument is any Variant, numeric expression, string expression, or any combination, that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned.


Note
If the Calendar property setting is Gregorian, the returned integer represents the Gregorian day of the month for the date argument. If the calendar is Hijri, the returned integer represents the Hijri day of the month for the date argument.


Example
This example uses the Day function to obtain the day of the month from a specified date. In the development environment, the date literal is displayed in short format using the locale settings of your code.

Dim MyDate, MyDay
MyDate = #February 12, 1969# ' Assign a date.
MyDay = Day(MyDate) ' MyDay contains 12.


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[MalekTaus]

nevermind I used datepart instead

 

[MalekTaus]

This DAY function doesn't seem to be recognized by my version of Office, 2003. It won't compile at all.

 

[WalkerEvans]

MalekTaus,

You neglect to specify what element of Office 2003 you're working with. If it is Excel, the formula couldn't be simpler: if A1 contains the date 11/5/07 (as an example), put the following in any other cell:

=DAY(A1)

This will cause 5 to be displayed in the active cell.


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[HughLerwill]

My Vb Help quote was from Excel 2007 but is the same under 2003.

 

[MalekTaus]

The problem was that I had used day as a variable and so it confused the compiler.

It is being written for Excel but I am writing in the VBE.

 

[SkipVought]

tsk, tsk, using Reserve Names in your code. Twenty lashed with a wet noodle!

Skip,

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