CurrentMonth$ - Learn To Code - PlayBASIC Documentation

CurrentMonth$

Month$ = CurrentMonth$([Format =0])

Parameters:

[Format =0] = Optional format paremeter for how the month should be returned

Returns:

Month$ = The name of the current month

CurrentMonth$ returns the current month in a string format. The user has some basic format controls to determine the what the function returns. By default the function will return the Month in a threee digit format. So the month November would be returned as "Nov".

     Format Flags

           Format Flag =1 = Month name in 3 digit format (Jan,Feb.. Nov,Dec)
           Format Flag =2 = Month name full (January,February.. November,December)
           Format Flag =4 = Month index (1 to 12)
           Format Flag =8 = Month index 2 digit (01 to 12)

FACTS:

* CurrentMonth$ defaults to returning the month in 3 digit format to remain compatible with older code for PlayBASIC.

Tutorial:

This example demo's the date functions with various parameter combinations.

  Print "-[DAY]---------------------------------"
  Print CurrentDay$()               ; defaults to Day of the month index 2 digit

  Print CurrentDay$(1+4+16)
  Print CurrentDay$(1)               ; Day of the week name
  Print CurrentDay$(2)               ; Day of the week name 3 digit
  Print CurrentDay$(4)               ; Day of the month index variable digit
  Print CurrentDay$(8)               ; Day Of the month index 2digit
  Print CurrentDay$(16)          ; Suffix for the day of the month
  Print ""
  Print ""

  Print "-[MONTH]--------------------------------"

  Print CurrentMonth$()          ; Defaults to three digit month name
  Print CurrentMonth$(1)          ; Month name in three digit.
  Print CurrentMonth$(2)          ; Month name full
  Print CurrentMonth$(4)          ; Month index variable length
  Print CurrentMonth$(8)          ;
  Print ""
  Print ""


  Print "-[YEAR]--------------------------------"
  Print CurrentYear$()               ; Defaults to Four digit Year string
  Print CurrentYear$(1)          ; Two digit year string
  Print CurrentYear$(2)          ; Four digit year string

  Print ""
  Print ""

  Print "-[EXAMPLES]-----------------------------"

  Print CurrentDay$(1+4+16)+" of "+CurrentMonth$(1)+","+CurrentYear$()

  Print ""

  Sync
  WaitKey

Sample Output:

  -[DAY]---------------------------------
  12
  Monday 12th
  Monday
  Mon
  12
  12
  th


  -[MONTH]--------------------------------
  Oct
  October
  Oct
  10
  10


  -[YEAR]--------------------------------
  2015
  15
  2015


  -[EXAMPLES]-----------------------------
  Monday 12th of October,2015


Related Info:	CurrentDate$ \| CurrentDay$ \| CurrentHour \| CurrentMinute \| CurrentSecond \| CurrentTime$ \| CurrentYear$ \| Timer :