The FormatNumber() function returns a value formatted as a number and its general format is shown below.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
FormatNumber(value [, trailing digits] [, leading digit] [, parentheses] [, group digits])
where value is any expression that produces a number;
where trailing digits is an integer giving the number of digits following the decimal point; the default is rounding to 2 digits;
where leading digit is True or False to indication whether a leading 0 is to appear before the decimal point for fractional values;
where parentheses is True or False to indicate whether negative numbers should be displayed inside parentheses;
where group digits is True or False to indicate whether numbers should be grouped between commas.
Formatting Dates and Times
The FormatDateTime() function returns a string expression and representing a date/time value. Its general format is as follows:
FormatDateTime(value [, DateFormat.format])
where value is a time or date value and format is one of the following values: GeneralDate, LongDate, ShortDate, LongTime, or ShortTime.
Format
Output
FormatDateTime(Now)
12/21/2006 5:49:47 AM
FormatDateTime(Today)
12/21/2006
FormatDateTime(TimeOfDay)
5:49:47 AM
FormatDateTime(Now,DateFormat.LongDate)
>Thursday, December 21,
2006
FormatDateTime(Today,DateFormat.LongDate)
Thursday, December 21,
2006
FormatDateTime(Now,DateFormat.ShortDate)
12/21/2006
FormatDateTime(Today,DateFormat.ShortDate)
12/21/2006
FormatDateTime(Now,DateFormat.LongTime)
5:49:47 AM
FormatDateTime(TimeOfDay,DateFormat.LongTime)
5:49:47 AM
FormatDateTime(Now,DateFormat.ShortTime)
05:49
FormatDateTime(TimeOfDay,DateFormat.ShortTime)
05:49
Formatting Numbers
A format string for numeric values can use one of the predefined string values and are shown in the following table.
String
Description
General Number|G|g
Displays number with no thousand separator.
Currency|C|c
Displays number with thousand separator, if appropriate; display two
digits to the right of the decimal separator.
Fixed|F|f
Displays at least one digit to the left and two digits to the right
of the decimal separator.
Standard|N|n
Displays number with thousand separator, at least one digit to the
left and two digits to the right of the decimal separator.
Percent
Displays number multiplied by 100 with a percent sign (%) appended
immediately to the right; always displays two digits to the right of the
decimal separator.
P|p
Displays number with thousandths separator multiplied by 100 with a
percent sign (%) appended to the right and separated by a single space;
always displays two digits to the right of the decimal separator.
Formatting Dates and Times
A format string for date/time values can use one of the predefined string values and are shown in the following table.
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