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
- ADate
,DateTime
, orTime
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.
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()
.
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
Considerations for apps using Date, Time, and DateTime formats