format date miliseconds

[DeSn]

I know the date/time format "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss" but what's the format for milliseconds? And why does the date-type doesn't know milliseconds in the following way: 02/02/2002 11:16:56.120 ?

Thanks

 

[MichaelRed]

The 'clock' resoloution in the "PC" is not sufficiently precise to warrant the use or display of milliseconds. The standard clock is 18 'ticks' per second or so.

If you use the API calls, you can get more accurate time, but AFAIK, the MS Date data type doesn't support the display of these, so you also need custom display routines.

MichaelRed
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[strongm]

VB versions prior to VB.NET don't return milliseconds in the Date type, I'm afraid.

Also, as MichaelRed states, the system clock is only accurate to about 55ms. So even if the Date type {b]did[/b] support milliseconds you could not rely on it to actually return values accurate to a millisecond.

Perhaps it would be pertinent to ask why you need milliseconds.