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36*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DateValue Function [Runtime]</title>
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40*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2006-06-27T11:15:11">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="datevalue">
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156344"><bookmark_value>DateValue function</bookmark_value>
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48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156344" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030102.xhp" name="DateValue Function [Runtime]">DateValue Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2">Returns a date value from a date string. The date string is a complete date in a single numeric value. You can also use this serial number to determine the difference between two dates.</paragraph>
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51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148799" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154910" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">DateValue [(date)]</paragraph>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">Date<comment>i66764</comment></paragraph>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153770" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Date:</emph> String expression that contains the date that you want to calculate. The date can be specified in almost any format.</paragraph>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">You can use this function to convert a date that occurs between December 1, 1582 and December 31, 9999 into a single integer value. You can then use this value to calculate the difference between two dates. If the date argument lies outside the acceptable range, $[officename] Basic returns an error message.</paragraph>
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">In contrast to the DateSerial function that passes years, months, and days as separate numeric values, the DateValue function passes the date using the format "month.[,]day.[,]year".</paragraph>
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63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="24">Example:</paragraph>
64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155412" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Sub ExampleDateValue</paragraph>
65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">msgbox DateValue("12/02/1997")</paragraph>
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