DATE

Definition of DATE

Converts a provided year, month, and day into a date.

Sample Usage

DATE(1969,7,20)

DATE(A2,B2,C2)

Syntax

DATE(year, month, day)

• year - The year component of the date.
• month - The month component of the date.
• day - The day component of the date.

Notes

• Inputs to DATE must be numbers - if a string or a reference to a cell containing a string is provided, the #VALUE! error will be returned.
• DATE will silently recalculate numeric dates which fall outside of valid month or day ranges. For example, DATE(1969,13,1), which specifies the illegal month 13, will create a date of 1/1/1970. Similarly, DATE(1969,1,32), which specifies the non-existent 32nd day of January, will create a date of 2/1/1969.
• DATE will silently truncate decimal values input into the function, e.g. a month of 12.75 will be interpreted as 12.

See Also

TO_DATE: Converts a provided number to a date.

TIME: Converts a provided hour, minute, and second into a time.

N: Returns the argument provided as a number.

DATEVALUE: Converts a provided date string in a known format to a date value.

In order to use the DATE formula, start with your edited Excellentable:

Then type in the DATE formula in the area you would like to display the outcome:

By adding the values you would like to calculate the DATE formula for, Excellentable will generate the outcome: