>Personal preference then I guess. Personally, I think this:
>

>lnMonth = CDATE(loRow("Date")).Month
>

>is much cleaner and easier to understand than this:
>

>Dim ldDate AS Date = Date.Now
>ldDate = loRow("Date")
>lnMonth = ldDate.Month
>

Well, in my case, I also have several others lines such as:

lnMonth = ldDate.Month
lnYear = ldDate.Year

So, pulling it from the row and then using it from the variable was a good approach in such circumstance.