date( year, month, day)
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Takes its three arguments and returns a date. The month and day arguments are optional. Example: date( 1777, 4, 7) returns April 7, 1777.
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dayOfMonth (date)
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Returns the day of the month corresponding to the given date.Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, dayOfMonth(date) returns 31.
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dayOfWeek( date)
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Returns the day of the week (as a number) corresponding to the given date.Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, dayOfWeek(date) returns 4 because August 31, 2005 is a Wednesday
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dayOfWeekName( date)
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Returns the short name of the day of the week corresponding to the given date. Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, dayOfWeekName(date) returns "Wed".
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dayOfYear( date)
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Returns the day of the year corresponding to the given date. Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, dayOfYear(date) returns 243 because Aug 31 is the 243rd day of 2005.
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hour( date_time)
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Returns the hour (in 24 hour time) corresponding to the given date_time. Example: If date_time is 3:30 PM on Aug 31, 2005, hour(date_time) returns 15.
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minute( date_time)
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Returns the minute corresponding to the given date_time. Example: If date_time is 3:30 PM on Aug 31, 2005, minute(date_time) returns 30.
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month( date)
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Returns the number of the month corresponding to the given date. Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, month(date) returns 8.
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monthName( date)
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Returns the short name of the month corresponding to the given date. Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, monthName(date) returns "August".
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now( )
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Returns the current date and time as determined by the computer.
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second( date_time)
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Returns the second corresponding to the given date_time. Example: If date_time is 3:30:05 PM on Aug 31, 2005, second(date_time) returns 5.
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stringToDateTime( date-time-string)
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Attempts to form a date-time from the given string as though it were typed in.
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ticks( )
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Returns the current number of 60ths of a second since the computer was last turned on.
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today( )
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Returns the current date as determined by the computer
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year( date)
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Returns the year corresponding to the given date. Example: If date is Aug 31, 2005, year(date) returns 2005.
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