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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156344" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030102.xhp" name="DateValue Function [Runtime]">DateValue Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns a number from a date string. The date string is a complete date in a single numeric value. You can also use this serial number to determine the difference between two dates.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148799" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154910" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">DateValue [(date)]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Long</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Date:</emph> String expression that contains the date that you want to calculate. The date can be specified in almost any format.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">You can use this function to convert a date that occurs between December 1, 1582 and December 31, 9999 into a single integer value. You can then use this value to calculate the difference between two dates. If the date argument lies outside the acceptable range, $[officename] Basic returns an error message.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">In contrast to the DateSerial function that passes years, months, and days as separate numeric values, the DateValue function passes the date using the format "month.[,]day.[,]year".</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="24">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">msgbox DateValue("12/02/1997")</paragraph>
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