Converts a string in any of the date, time or number formats that Google Sheets understands into a number.
Sample Usage
VALUE("123")
VALUE("7/20/1969")
VALUE("12:00:00")
Syntax
VALUE(text)
text
- The string containing the value to be converted.
Notes
VALUE
returns a pure number even if the argument to the function was interpreted as a date. For example,=VALUE("01/01/2012")
by default will be displayed as 40909.
See Also
TEXT
: Converts a number into text according to a specified format.
N
: Returns the argument provided as a number.