Question

I’ve been trying to work this out for a while. I have a Microsoft Access 2007 database with a DATETIME field which I am trying to fill from a JScript Date object, viz

rs("DTField").Value = new Date();

I would have thought that both JScript and Access being Microsoft tools would know how to do this, but I assume too much it would seem.

What transforms do I need to apply to either side of the equation to make this value assignment work?

Added question:

What about going the other way, from database to JScript?

Answer 1

Use the getVarDate function. From the documentation:

The getVarDate method is used when code interacts with COM objects,
ActiveX objects, or other objects that accept and return date values
in VT_DATE format. These include objects in Visual Basic and Visual
Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript). The actual format of the returned
value depends on regional settings.

rs("DTField").Value = (new Date()).getVarDate();

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To answer your added question, you need to explicitly create a Date object.

var theDate = new Date(rs("DTField").Value);