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PARSEDATE
Returns the date value of the object passed to the function. If the time is not included in the value, the function returns the time as 12:00:00 AM.
Syntax
= PARSEDATE(value)
Parameters
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value |
A value whose date value is to be determined. The value can contain DateTime as a string (e.g. “02/19/2009 14:30:30.3”, "2009-02-19 14:30:30.3", "19 Feb 2009 2:30:30.3 PM ", "Thu, 19 Feb 2009”) or as a DateTime object. |
Return Type
DateTime
Examples
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Example |
Returns |
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= PARSEDATE(“02/19/2009 14:30:30.3”) |
2/19/2009 2:30:30 PM |
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= PARSEDATE("2009-02-19 14:30:30.3") |
2/19/2009 2:30:30 PM |
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= PARSEDATE(“19 Feb 2009”) |
2/19/2009 12:00:00 AM |
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= PARSEDATE(ShippedDate) |
The hours extracted from the value of ShippedDate. If any entries are NULL then returns date as 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM. |
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= PARSEDATE(“abcd”) |
Displays message “ERROR: The string was not recognized as a valid DateTime. There is an unknown word starting at index 0.” |