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In numeric expressions, values to the left of the decimal represent the date, beginning from December 31, 1899. Values to the right of the decimal represent the time.</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sub ExampleCDate</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">MsgBox cDate(1000.25) REM 09.26.1902 06:00:00</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox cDate(1001.26) REM 09.27.1902 06:14:24</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">end sub</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 62