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DATE

This function returns the DateTime object for a particular date, specified by the year, month, and day.

Syntax

DATE( year, month, day )

Arguments

This function has these arguments:

Argument

Description

year

Number representing the year, from 1 to 9999, using four digits; if not an integer, the number is truncated

month

Number representing the month of the year; if not an integer, the number is truncated

day

Number representing the day of the month; if not integer, the number is truncated

If the month is greater than 12, then the month increments by the number of months over 12 and the year in advance, if needed. For example, DATE(2003,16,2) returns the DateTime object representing April 2, 2004.


If the day is greater than the number of days in the specified month, then the day increments that number of days from the first day of the next month. For example, DATE(2004,1,35) returns the DateTime object representing February 4, 2004.


If values for the arguments are not integers, any decimal places are truncated. Negative values for months are taken from the year in previous years. Negative values for days are taken from the month into previous months.

Data Types

Accepts numeric data. Returns a DateTime object.

Examples

DATE(A1,B1,C1)


DATE(R1C1,R1C2,R1C3)


DATE(2003,1,1) gives the result of January 1, 2003.


DATE(2004,2,10) gives the result of February 10, 2004.