Date Operators

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An expression that uses a date operator returns a date or a number, depending on the operation. All date operations will result in an accurate date, taking into account the change between years and leap years. The following table shows the date operators:

OperationSyntaxReturnsExpressionValue
Date differenceDate – DateNumber!1/20/97! – !1/1/97!19
Day additionDate + NumberDate!1/20/97! + 9!1/29/97!
Day subtractionDate – NumberDate!1/20/97! – 9!1/11/97!

See Also

Bitwise Operators, Comparison Operators, Logical Operators, Numeric Operators, Operators, Picture Operators, String Operators, Time Operators.


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