IniFile: GetDate

GetDate

Returns a Date value from the specified key in the specified section of an INI file.



 Public Function GetDate(
	  ByRef Section As String,
	  ByRef Key As String,
	  Optional ByVal Default As Date ) As Date

Parameters

Section
[ByRef] String. The section within the INI file to search for the key.
Key
[ByRef] String. The key in the section of an INI file to retrieve the value of.
Default
[ByVal] Optional. Date. The default value to return if the key is not found in the section, or the value could not be converted to a Date.

Return Values

Date - 

Remarks

An INI file contains all values as strings. The value is converted back into a Date using the CDate function. If an error occurs, then the default is returned.

See Also

Project CorLib Overview

Class IniFile Overview