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# DATE

This function calculates a date specified by year, month, day and displays it in the cell's formatting. The default format of a cell containing the DATE function is the date format, but you can format the cells with any other number format.

### Syntax

DATE(Year; Month; Day)

Year is an integer in the range 1583 to 9956 or in the range 0 to 99.

In LibreOffice - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOffice - General you can set from which year a two-digit number entry is recognised as 20xx.

Month is an integer in the range 1 to 12 indicating the month.

Day is an integer in the range 1 to 31 indicating the day of the month.

If the values for month and day are out of bounds, they are carried over to the next digit. If you enter =DATE(00;12;31) the result will be 2000-12-31. If, on the other hand, you enter =DATE(00;13;31) the result will be 2001-01-31.

### Examples

=DATE(00;1;31) yields the date 2000-01-31 written as 1/31/00 if the cell format setting is MM/DD/YY.

#### Technical information

This function is part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) standard Version 1.2. (ISO/IEC 26300:2-2015)

Related Topics

DATE wiki page.

Date & Time Functions

DATE

DATEDIF

DATEVALUE

DAY

DAYS

DAYS360

DAYSINMONTH

DAYSINYEAR

EASTERSUNDAY

EDATE

EOMONTH

HOUR

ISLEAPYEAR

ISOWEEKNUM

MINUTE

MONTH

MONTHS

NETWORKDAYS

NETWORKDAYS.INTL

NOW

SECOND

TIME

TIMEVALUE

TODAY

WEEKDAY

WEEKNUM

WEEKNUM_EXCEL2003

WEEKNUM_OOO

WEEKS

WEEKSINYEAR

WORKDAY

WORKDAY.INTL

YEAR

YEARFRAC

YEARS

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