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| − | The forthcoming ODFF standard requires DATEVALUE to return the date-time serial number as a date, so Calc should format the result as a date. However currently Calc seems to return the date-time serial number as a number, requiring the user to format the result manually. | + | The forthcoming ODFF standard requires <tt>'''DATEVALUE'''</tt> to return the date-time serial number as a date, so Calc should automatically format the result as a date. However currently Calc seems to return the date-time serial number as a number, requiring the user to format the result manually. See [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=84903 Issue 84903] |
Revision as of 19:18, 28 December 2007
DATEVALUE
returns the date-time serial number, from a date as text.
Syntax:
DATEVALUE(datetext)
- datetext is a date, expressed as text.
- DATEVALUE returns the date-time serial number, which may be formatted to read as a date.
Example:
DATEVALUE("2007-11-23")
- returns 39409, the date-time serial number for 23Nov2007 (assuming the default date-time starting date)
See also:
Issues:
The forthcoming ODFF standard requires DATEVALUE to return the date-time serial number as a date, so Calc should automatically format the result as a date. However currently Calc seems to return the date-time serial number as a number, requiring the user to format the result manually. See Issue 84903
