DatePart(dateinterval, date[,firstdayofweek[, firstweekofyear]])
The DatePart function syntax has these named arguments:
The dateinterval argument has these settings:
Setting | Description |
---|---|
yyyy | Year |
q | Quarter |
m | Month |
y | Day of year |
d | Day |
w | Weekday |
ww | Week |
h | Hour |
n | Minute |
s | Second |
The firstdayofweek argument has these settings:
Constant | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
UseSystemDayofWeek | 0 | Use the day of the week specified in your system settings for the first day of the week |
Sunday | 1 | Sunday (default) |
Monday | 2 | Monday |
Tuesday | 3 | Tuesday |
Wednesday | 4 | Wednesday |
Thursday | 5 | Thursday |
Friday | 6 | Friday |
Saturday | 7 | Saturday |
The firstweekofyear argument has these settings:
Constant | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
UseSystemDayOfWeek | 0 | Use the day of the week specified in your system settings for the first day of the week |
FirstJan1 | 1 | Start with week in which January 1 occurs (default). |
FirstFourDays | 2 | Start with the first week that has at least four days in the new year. |
FirstFullWeek | 3 | Start with first full week of the year. |
You can use the DatePart function to evaluate a date and return a specific interval of time. For example, you might use DatePart to calculate the day of the week or the current hour.
The firstdayofweek argument affects calculations that use the "w" and "ww" interval symbols.
If date is a date literal, the specified year becomes a permanent part of that date. However, if date is enclosed in double quotation marks (" "), and you omit the year, the current year is inserted in your code each time the date expression is evaluated. This makes it possible to write code that can be used in different years.
Note For date, if the Calendar property setting is Gregorian, the supplied date must be Gregorian. If the calendar is Hijri, the supplied date must be Hijri.
The returned date part is in the time period units of the current Arabic calendar. For example, if the current calendar is Hijri and the date part to be returned is the year, the year value is a Hijri year.
Calendar Property | DateAdd Function | DateDiff Function | Day Function | Format Function | Now Function | Weekday Function | Year Function