What is DATE function in Excel?
The DATE function is one of the Date & Time functions of Excel.
It Returns the number that represents the date in Microsoft Excel date-time code.
We can find this function in Date & Time of insert function Tab.
How to use Date function in excel
- Click on an empty cell (like F5).
2. Click on the fx icon (or press shift+F3).
3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions.
4. Select Date & Time category.
5. Select Date function
6. Then select ok.
7. In the function arguments Tab you will see Date function.
8. Year is a number from 1900 or 1904 (depending on the workbook’s date system) to 9999.
9. Month is a number from 1 to 12 representing the month of the year.
10. Day is a number from 1 to 31 representing the day of the month.
11. You will see the result in the formula result section.
Examples of Date function in excel
Example 1:
How to Creat Date in excel?
You can see examples of DATE function below:
Example 2:
Python code for DATE function
import datetime
x = datetime.datetime(1990, 1, 1)
print(x.strftime(“%x”))What is the purpose of Date function?
What is the Return value of Date function?
It Returns the number that represents the date in Microsoft Excel date-time code.
How many arguments does Date function have?
This function has just 1 Argument.
The argument of ABS function is number.
The argument of ABS function is required and not optional.
Which version of excel supports Date function?
This function is available for all excel versions (2003-2019)
Errors in Date function
Date related functions
- Use DAY function to return the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.
- Use MONTH function to return the month, a number from 1 (January) to 12 (December).
- Use YEAR function to return the year of a date, an integer in the range 1900 – 9999.
- Use YEARFRAC function to return the year fraction representing the number of whole days between start_date and end date.
