Using ASP classic, I need to somehow compare two dates with each other. How can I do this?
+4
A:
If Date1 > Date2 Then
' Date1 occurred after Date 2
End If
Use >
, <
and =
like comparing numbers (and >=
, <=
and <>
too). Smaller dates are more historic.
This of course assumes that Date1
and Date2
are actually Date or DateTime objects. If they aren't, you'll need to convert them to Date objects first using CDate()
.
Welbog
2010-02-24 15:36:04
In vbscript, they are always variants, however IsDate() can be used to check that the values can be implicitly cast as dates - often worthwhile IMHO.
CJM
2010-02-24 15:56:14
+4
A:
Date1 = #rs["date"]#
Date2 = #12/1/2009#
If DateDiff("d", Date1, Date2) > 1 Then
response.write "This date is before 12/1/2009"
Else
response.write "This date is after 12/1/2009"
End If
HTH
Mikos
2010-02-24 15:38:30
What's the benefit of using `DateDiff` instead of comparing the Dates directly?
John Smithers
2010-02-24 15:43:22
You can choose the amount of difference that's significant (days, months, weeks).
Broam
2010-02-24 15:44:00
+1 to Broam's response, plus IMHO it is better programming practice to compare on the parameter you can compare on vs. a "blind" compare.
Mikos
2010-02-24 20:51:43