Date type in ASP/Javascript/SQL

[Jan Paul van de Berg]

How do I handle date methods like getDate() on values I get from a
recordset? Example:

rs.Source= "Select SomeDateField From SomeTable"
....

1)
Response.write(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField"));
output: 11/16/2006

2)
Response.write(String(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")));
output: Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2006

Since there's a difference I would expect rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")
is a date type. But I cannot apply date methods:

3)
Response.write((rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField").Value).getDate());
error: 'rs.Fields.Item(...).Value' is null or not an object

4)
Response.write((rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")).getDate());
error: Object doesn't support this property or method

5)
Response.write(CDate(rs.Fields.Item("SomeDateField")).getDate());
error: Object expected

 

[Phillip Windell]

This link answers many date related questions.

http://www.aspfaq.com/search.asp?q=format&type=ALL&category=6&numDays=0&order=1


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