DATE()

Returns Date from Date, DateTime, or Time.

Sample usage

DATE("4/1/2010") returns 4/1/2010

DATE(TODAY()) returns today's date from a Date value. See also: TODAY()

DATE("4/1/2010 3:14") returns 4/1/2010

DATE(NOW()) returns today's date from a DateTime value. See also: NOW()

DATE("3:14") returns 12/30/1899 (a Time value has no date component, so a default is used).

DATE(TIMENOW()) returns 12/30/1899 (TIMENOW() returns a Time value, which has no date component, so a default is used).

Common problems

DATE("Good morning, Martin!") returns blank because the textual input isn't a recognized temporal type and so cannot be converted.

Syntax

DATE(when)

• when - A Date, DateTime, or Time value.

Notes

To understand how your mobile device's locale or browser's language setting can impact the Date format, see Considerations for apps using Date, Time, and DateTime formats.

Because temporal types are Text values with specific formats, any textual value may be supplied to DATE(), but non-temporal values will produce a blank result.

If a Time value is specified, which has no date component, returns a default date of 12/30/1899. If the specified value is not a Date, DateTime, or Time value, returns a blank.

See also

Date and time expressions

Considerations for apps using Date, Time, and DateTime formats

DATETIME()

NOW()

TIME()

TODAY()