QB64 Phoenix Edition
Long Date Function - Printable Version

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Long Date Function - AtomicSlaughter - 05-21-2022

Code: (Select All)
Function lDate$
    p$ = "th"
    If Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) <= 9 Then
        day$ = Right$(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2), 1)
    Else
        day$ = Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)
    End If
    If Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 1 Or Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 21 Or Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 31 Then p$ = "st"
    If Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 2 Or Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 22 Then p$ = "nd"
    If Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 3 Or Val(Mid$(Date$, 4, 2)) = 23 Then p$ = "rd"

    Select Case Val(Mid$(Date$, 1, 2))
        Case 1: Month$ = "January"
        Case 2: Month$ = "February"
        Case 3: Month$ = "March"
        Case 4: Month$ = "April"
        Case 5: Month$ = "May"
        Case 6: Month$ = "June"
        Case 7: Month$ = "July"
        Case 8: Month$ = "August"
        Case 9: Month$ = "September"
        Case 10: Month$ = "October"
        Case 11: Month$ = "November"
        Case 12: Month$ = "December"
    End Select
    lDate = day$ + p$ + " " + Month$ + " " + Mid$(Date$, 7, 4)
End Function
This code adds a function that will print a long date (21 February 2022) to the screen the instead of using date$ that would print 21-02-2022

RE: Long Date Function - Pete - 05-21-2022

Nice! I love stuff like this. Here's what I used to d a lot of back in the 1990's, to save memory space...

Code: (Select All)
dstring$ = "stndrdthththththth"
mstring$ = "January  February March    April    May      June     July     August   SeptemberOctober  November December "

DO
    LINE INPUT "mo-day-year: ", xdate$
    PRINT RTRIM$(MID$(mstring$, (VAL(MID$(xdate$, 1, 2)) - 1) * 9 + 1, 9)); " ";
    PRINT LTRIM$(STR$((VAL(MID$(xdate$, 4)))));
    IF MID$(xdate$, 4, 2) > "10" AND MID$(xdate$, 4, 2) < "21" OR VAL(MID$(xdate$, 5, 1)) = 0 THEN
        PRINT "th, ";
    ELSE
        PRINT MID$(dstring$, VAL(MID$(xdate$, 5, 1)) * 2 - 1, 2); ", ";
    END IF
    PRINT MID$(xdate$, 7, 4)
    PRINT
LOOP

I used what I termed as "Data Strings" to store info. Parse the string and display the results. Saving mem lead to a lot of obfuscated coding but at least it got the program working when space was an issue.

Pete

RE: Long Date Function - bplus - 05-24-2022

Even less LOC
Code: (Select All)
Do
    Line Input "mo-day-year: ", xdate$
    Print RTrim$(Mid$("January  February March    April    May      June     July     August   SeptemberOctober  November December ", (Val(Mid$(xdate$, 1, 2)) - 1) * 9 + 1, 9)); " ";
    Print LTrim$(Str$((Val(Mid$(xdate$, 4)))));
    If Mid$(xdate$, 4, 2) > "10" And Mid$(xdate$, 4, 2) < "21" Or Val(Mid$(xdate$, 5, 1)) = 0 Then
        Print "th, ";
    Else
        Print Mid$("stndrdthththththth", Val(Mid$(xdate$, 5, 1)) * 2 - 1, 2); ", ";
    End If
    Print Mid$(xdate$, 7, 4)
    Print
Loop