Date Time Functions of SSRS expressions

Below are Data time functions which are used in SSRS expressions:

Ø  To get current date and time according to system:

Today() - Returns or sets a Date value containing the current date according to your system:

=Today()

="Tomorrow is " & DateAdd("d",1,Today())

="Tomorrow is " & DateAdd(DateInterval.Day,1,Today())

Now() - Returns or sets a Date value containing the current date according to your system.

=Now()

="This time tomorrow is " & DateAdd("d",1,Now())

="This time tomorrow is " & DateAdd(DateInterval.Day,1,Now())

Ø  MonthName - Returns a String value containing the name of the specified month.

=MonthName(10,True)

=MonthName(Month(Fields!BirthDate.Value),False)

="The month of your birthday is "&MonthName(Month(Fields!BirthDate.Value))

Ø  WeekDayName - Returns a String value containing the name of the specified weekday.

=WeekdayName(2,True,0)

=WeekDayName(DatePart("w",Fields!BirthDate.Value),True,0)

=WeekDayName(DatePart(DateInterval.Weekday,Fields!BirthDate.Value),True,FirstDayOfWeek.System)

Ø  Year  - Returns an Integer value from 1 through 9999 representing the year.

=Year(Fields!BirthDate.Value)

To format Date values through expressions:

=Format(Today(),"dd-MM-yyyy") --- 23-10-2015

=Format(today(),"dd/MM/yyyy") --- 23/10/2015

=Format(today(),"MMM-dd-yyyy") --- Oct-23-2015

=Format(today(),"MMM-dd-yy") --- Oct-23-15

=FORMAT(Today(),"M/d/yy") ---10/23/15

=FORMAT(Today(),"MM-dd-yyyy") ---10-23-2015

=FORMAT(Today(),"MMM-dd-yyyy") Oct-23-2015 

=FORMAT(Today(),"MMMM dd, yyyy") ---October 23, 2015 =FORMAT(DateField,"MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss") ---Oct 23, 2015 01:43:33 =FORMAT(DateField,"MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss") ---Oct 23, 2015 13:43:33 =FORMAT(DateField,"MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss.fff") ---Oct 23, 2015 13:43:33.587

=FORMAT(DateField,"MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss tt") ---Oct 23, 2015 01:43:33 PM

Ø  To add/substract date or time(day, month, year, sec etc.) with given date field we can use DateADD function in SSRS expression, which returns a Date value containing a date and time value to which a specified time interval has been added:

=DateAdd(DateInterval.Month, 6, Today())

=DateAdd("d",3,Fields!BirthDate.Value)

=DateAdd(DateInterval.Day,3,Fields!BirthDate.Value)

Ø  DateDiff - function returns a Long value specifying the number of time intervals between two Date values.

=DateDiff("yyyy",Fields!BirthDate.Value,"1/1/2010")

=DateDiff(DateInterval.Year,Fields!BirthDate.Value,"1/1/2010")

Ø  DatePart - Returns an Integer value containing the specified component of a given Date value.

=DatePart("q",Fields!BirthDate.Value,0,0)

=DatePart(DateInterval.Quarter,Fields!BirthDate.Value,FirstDayOfWeek.System,FirstWeekOfYear.System)

Ø  To get first day of current Week:

=DateAdd("d",-DatePart(DateInterval.WeekDay,Today,0,0)+1,Today)

Ø  To get first day of current Month:

=DateAdd("d",-(Day(today)-1), Today)

=DateSerial( year(today()), month(today()), 1)

More SSRS expressions:

- Mostly used SSRS expressions in day-to-day report design

- Mostly used SSRS expressions in day-to-day report design – Vol.2

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