WD2000: How to Perform Calculations with Dates and Times (212684)

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Examples:

Sub Date_DateCalc()
   'To calculate a date seven days from the current date.
   MsgBox DateSerial(Year(Now), Month(Now), Day(Now) + 7)
End Sub
				

Sub Date_YourAge()
   'To return your age in number of days.
   'Replace "mm/dd/yy" with your birth date.
   MsgBox Int(Now - DateValue("mm/dd/yy"))
End Sub
				

Sub Date_DivideTime()
   'To display 6:00 AM (because 6:00 AM is one-half of 12:00 PM).
   MsgBox TimeSerial(12 / 2, 0, 0)
End Sub
				

Sub Date_CurrentDateTime()
   'The current date and time.
   MsgBox Now
End Sub
				

Sub MyDateTime_CurrentDateTime()
   ' The current date and time in my format
   Dim MyTime, MyDate
   MyTime = Time
   MyDate = Date
   MyDatestr = Format(MyDate, "dddd mmmm d, yyyy")
   MyTimestr = Format(MyTime, "h:mm")
   MsgBox ("Time: " + MyTimestr + Chr$(13) + "Date: " + MyDatestr)
End Sub
				

Sub Date_LastDayPreviousMonth()
   'To calculate the last day of the previous month.
   MsgBox (Now - Day(Now))
End Sub