dateValue function

Description

This is the build in function to convert a date represented as text into a proper Excel date. For example, the formula =DATEVALUE("12/31/2015") returns a serial number in the Excel date system that represents December 31, 2015. Proper Excel dates are more useful than text dates since they can be directly manipulated with formulas and pivot tables to create summaries and perform other date-based analysis.

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Objective

Convert date into text format.

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Syntax

=DATE(date_text)

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Arguments

year - valid date in text format.

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