VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

Year Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime

Synopsis

Year(datevalue)

datevalue required; Date or valid date expression

Any valid date expression

Return Value

Integer

Description

Returns an integer representing the year in a given date expression. If OptionStrict is off and datevalue contains Nothing, Year returns 1. For example:

Dim oDat As Object
Console.Writeline(Year(sDat))       ' Displays 1

If datevalue is a date literal (a date delimited with the # symbol), the year must contain four digits.