DIM Var AS Date
This native datatype represents a date & time value.
Dates are stored internally as a couple of integer numbers:
![]() | Date are stored in UTC. They are converted to local time only when being displayed. |
Dates can be converted to numbers. Then the number returned is the number of days stored internally and the fraction of day represented by the number of microseconds.
PRINT Now;; "-";; CFloat(Now) <hr>07/13/2005 02:20:08 - 2485669.138981