DateValue

Syntax

DateValue(date_str)

Description

Use the DateValue function to convert a date string and returns the result as a Date type. date_str must be a string in the active date format user's current personalization date format.

If the user's Date Format personalization setting is set to DDMMYY (or it is defaulted to this from their browser locale or the system-wide personalization defaults) then the following code returns a Date value equal to September 10, 1997.

&DTM = DateValue("10/09/97");

If the user's Date Format personalization setting is set to MMDDYY (or it is defaulted to this from their browser locale or the system-wide personalization defaults) then the same function call returns a value equal to October 9, 1997.

Returns

Returns a Date value.