creates date from year, month, day · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

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DATE(year, month, day)

returns: number (date serial)

argument	required
year	required
month	required
day	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

errors

error values observed from the engine — each with a call that produces it.

error	produced by
#NUM!	=DATE(2, 2, 2)

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