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Excel / Formulas and functions / More functions / DATE function

DATE function
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Use Excel's DATE function when you need to take three separate values and combine them to form a
date.

Technical details 

Change the date format 

Calculate a date based on another date 

Convert text strings and numbers into dates 

Increase or decrease a date by a certain number of days 

See Also
Add or subtract dates

Insert the current date and time in a cell

Fill data automatically in worksheet cells

YEAR function
MONTH function

DAY function

TODAY function

DATEVALUE function

Date and time functions (reference)

All Excel functions (by category)

All Excel functions (alphabetical)

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