Description
Returns a Date value.
Arguments
number is a value representing the number of days starting from December 30, 1899. It can be positive or negative, and is truncated if fractional.
string is a text string representing a date, example: "September 20, 1999".
dateTime is a DateTime value.
YYYY is a whole number representing a year; MM is a whole number representing a month; DD is a whole number representing a day of the month.
Action
Date (number) returns a Date value given a number of days starting from December 30, 1899.
Date (string) returns a Date value given a string that represents a date from January 1, 100 through December 31, 9999.
Date (dateTime) returns the date portion of a given DateTime value.
Date (YYYY, MM, DD) returns a Date value given numeric arguments of the year, month, and day.
Examples
Date ("Dec 31, 1999")
Returns the Date value for Dec. 31, 1999.
Date (50)
Returns the Date value for February 18, 1900.
Date (#Oct. 20, 1999 12:02pm#)
Returns the Date value for October 20, 1999.
Date (1930, 7, 30)
Returns the Date value for July 30, 1930.
Comments
You can use the IsDate function to check if a String argument can be converted to a Date before doing the actual conversion. That way, if the conversion cannot be done, you can handle the situation appropriately.