EXTRACTDATES()

Returns list of Date values within a textual value.

Sample usage

EXTRACTDATES("Set a meeting for November 14th at 4pm.") returns a list of one item: the date of November 14 of the current year.

EXTRACTDATES("Set a meeting for tomorrow.") returns a list with one item: tomorrow's date.

EXTRACTDATES("Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.") returns a list with thee items: the dates equivalent to (TODAY() - 1), TODAY(), and (TODAY() + 1).

EXTRACTDATES("1 month 3 days ago; 7 years 2 months 4 days ago; 2 weeks from tomorrow; in 4 days") returns a list with the corresponding relative dates.

EXTRACTDATES("first of last month; first of this month; first of next month; 15th of this month; first day of next year") returns a list with the corresponding relative dates.

EXTRACTDATES("Monday; last Monday; this Monday; next Monday; Monday 2 weeks from now") returns a list with the corresponding relative dates.

EXTRACTDATES("March") returns a list with two dates, the first day of the given month of the current year and the first day of the following month: 3/1/2021, 4/1/2021.

EXTRACTDATES("2020") returns a list with two dates, the first day of the given year and the first day of the following year: 1/1/2020, 1/1/2021. Any four-digit value between 1900 and 2050 (inclusive) are handled as such.

Syntax

EXTRACTDATES(text-to-extract-from)

• text-to-extract-from - Any textual value. May include specific dates, dates written in prose, relative dates (such as tomorrow or yesterday), day and month names, and bare 4-digit year numbers. See samples above.

Note

Some constant values, such as "MM/DD/YYYY", are evaluated as a Date value by AppSheet. Similarly, "000:00:00" is evaluated as a Duration value. This doesn't mean your spreadsheet data must use the same formats: the date and time formats in your spreadsheets are determined by the locale/language setting. Column will always be evaluated as the type of column. Additionally, you can convert data, both columns and string literals, to specific types using functions such as DATE(), TIME(), or DATETIME(). 

See also

Date and time expressions

EXTRACT()

EXTRACTCHOICE()

EXTRACTDATETIMES()

EXTRACTDOMAINS()

EXTRACTDURATIONS()

EXTRACTEMAILS()

EXTRACTHASHTAGS()

EXTRACTMENTIONS()

EXTRACTNUMBERS()

EXTRACTPHONENUMBERS()

EXTRACTPRICES()

EXTRACTTIMES()