converts date text to serial number · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

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DATEVALUE(date_text)

returns: number (date serial)

argument	required
date_text	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
#VALUE!	=DATEVALUE("alpha")

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