How to: Hold Date and Time Values in a Variable
A variable holds date and time values if you declare it to be of data type Date.
A variable of the Date Data Type (Visual Basic) can hold date values ranging from January 1 of the year 0001 through December 31 of the year 9999, and time values from 12:00:00 AM (midnight) through 11:59:59 PM.
The Date data type always holds both a date value and a time value. If you do not assign a time value to a Date variable, it defaults to the start of the day, that is, midnight. If you do not assign a date value to a Date variable, it defaults to January 1, 0001.
To hold dates in a variable
Declare the variable with a Dim Statement (Visual Basic).
Follow the variable name with an As clause.
Follow the As keyword with the Date keyword.
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Data Type Summary (Visual Basic)
Single Data Type (Visual Basic)