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| Subject | Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? |
| From | "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> |
| References | <qb0khc$1onn$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| Date | 2019-05-09 11:39 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <XnsAA4A769C41F99eejj99@194.109.6.166> (permalink) |
"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> wrote on 09 May 2019 in
microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm using timestamps and wanted to display them in a certain way.
> Though when I took a look at "FormatDateTime" I found I could only have
> it return one of five pre-defined formats, none of which served my
> purpose. So I wrote my own, using a formatting string.
>
> The thing is, the name of the system function is quite appropriate for
> what my function is doing: FormatDateTime.
>
> tl;dr:
> Can I have the VBScript engine pick the right function depending on the
> types of the provided arguments ?
Sorry, the "the VBScript engine" just executes VBScript.
> I don't think its possible, but it doesn't hurt to ask. :-)
However you can skip the MS-inbuild ideas and build your own:
function dattime(x)
dattime = two(day(x))&"-"&two(month(x))&"-"&year(x)&" "&two(hour(x))
&":"&two(minute(x))
end function
function two(x)
two = right("0" & x, 2)
end function
--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)
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Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-09 11:44 +0200
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Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2019-05-10 08:41 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-10 18:11 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-10 13:13 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-10 20:57 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-10 15:23 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-11 09:39 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-05-11 11:31 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2019-05-11 06:59 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2019-05-10 13:21 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-10 14:06 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-10 20:52 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2019-05-10 15:45 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-10 15:53 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-11 09:59 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-05-11 11:31 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-11 14:47 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-11 14:56 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-11 22:19 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-12 09:24 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2019-05-11 16:36 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-11 17:55 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-11 11:12 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2019-05-11 07:49 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-11 15:12 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-10 20:46 +0200
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-10 13:28 -0400
Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-05-09 11:39 +0200
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