Translates numbers for the various components of time and date, then returns the time­date value.

Syntax

@Date( year ; month ; day )
@Date( year ; month ; day ; hour ; minute ; second )
@Date( time-date )

Parameters

year

Number. The year that you want to appear in the resulting date. You must specify an entire four-digit year. (For example, use 1996, not 96).

Number. The month that you want to appear in the resulting date.

Number. The day that you want to appear in the resulting date.

Number. The number of hours. This value will be truncated from the resulting date.

Number. The number of minutes. This value will be truncated from the resulting date.

Number. The number of seconds. This value will be truncated from the resulting date.

Time-date or time-date list. For a time­date value such as @Now or [10/31/93 12:00:00], @Date removes the time portion of the value, leaving only the date.

truncatedTimeDate

Time-date. The date corresponding to the parameters that you sent to @Date, minus any time components.

If the parameter is a date-time list, the function operates on each element of the list, and the return value is a list with the same number of elements.

Language cross-reference

DateNumber function in LotusScript language

DateOnly property of LotusScript NotesDateTime class

DateOnly property of Java DateTime class

toJavaDate method of Java DateTime class

Example
See Also

Performing time-date operations

Glossary