1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 352ac0773SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 41ab4867aSmseidel * 552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 652ac0773SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 752ac0773SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 852ac0773SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 952ac0773SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1052ac0773SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1152ac0773SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 121ab4867aSmseidel * 1352ac0773SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 141ab4867aSmseidel * 1552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1652ac0773SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1752ac0773SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1852ac0773SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1952ac0773SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2052ac0773SAndrew Rist * under the License. 211ab4867aSmseidel * 2252ac0773SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2352ac0773SAndrew Rist 241ab4867aSmseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc01func_datexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DATE</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_date.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32d1c38b03Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155511"> 33d1c38b03Smseidel<bookmark_value>DATE function</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 35*9b5c5849Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_DATUM" id="bm_id3149022" localize="false"/> 36*9b5c5849Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155511" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="date"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_date.xhp">DATE</link> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153551" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_DATUM">This function calculates a date specified by year, month, day and displays it in the cell's formatting.</ahelp> The default format of a cell containing the DATE function is the date format, but you can format the cells with any other number format.</paragraph> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148590" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Syntax</paragraph> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150474" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">DATE(Year; Month; Day)</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152815" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7"> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Year</emph> is an integer between 1583 and 9957 or between 0 and 99.</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153222" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="174">In <item type="menuitem"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - $[officename] - General </item>you can set from which year a two-digit number entry is recognized as 20xx.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="8"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Month</emph> is an integer indicating the month.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153183" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Day</emph> is an integer indicating the day of the month.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10">If the values for month and day are out of bounds, they are carried over to the next digit. If you enter <item type="input">=DATE(00;12;31)</item> the result will be 12/31/00. If, on the other hand, you enter <item type="input">=DATE(00;13;31)</item> the result will be 1/31/01.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147477" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="12">Example</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16"> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=DATE(00;1;31)</item> yields 1/31/00 if the cell format setting is MM/DD/YY.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 54