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Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ?

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"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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Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-09 09:23 +0200
  Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-09 05:20 -0400
    Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-09 11:44 +0200
      Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2019-05-09 14:33 -0400
        Re: Overload a system function like FormatDateTime with a user-defined one ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-05-10 09:15 +0200
          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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