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34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">CDate Function [Runtime]</title>
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38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2004-08-24T09:52:33">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150772"><bookmark_value>CDate function</bookmark_value>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150772" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03100300.xhp" name="CDate Function [Runtime]">CDate Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts any string or numeric expression to a date value.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148944" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">CDate (Expression)</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Date</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153525" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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55<emph>Expression:</emph> Any string or numeric expression that you want to convert.</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">When you convert a string expression, the date and time must be entered in the format MM.DD.YYYY HH.MM.SS, as defined by the <emph>DateValue</emph> and <emph>TimeValue</emph> function conventions. In numeric expressions, values to the left of the decimal represent the date, beginning from December 31, 1899. Values to the right of the decimal represent the time.</paragraph>
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59<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sub ExampleCDate</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">MsgBox cDate(1000.25) REM 09.26.1902 06:00:00</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox cDate(1001.26) REM 09.27.1902 06:14:24</paragraph>
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