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DATE

Returns the Excel serial number for the specified date. Handles month and day overflow (e.g. month=13 wraps to January of the next year).

CategoryDate
SyntaxDATE(year, month, day)

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
yearRequiredThe year value. Years 0–1899 have 1900 added per Excel convention.
monthRequiredThe month (1–12). Values outside this range overflow into adjacent months.
dayRequiredThe day of the month. Values outside the month's range overflow into adjacent months.

Example

DATE()

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