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DATEVALUE

Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number.

Date & TimeDates & Time Calculations

What it does

Converts a text string representing a date into an Excel serial date number.

Syntax

DATEVALUE(date_text)

Arguments

  • date_text(text) β€” Text string representing a date.

Examples

Convert text to date

Convert '2023-12-25' text.

FORMULA
=DATEVALUE("2023-12-25")
RESULT
45285
SAMPLE DATA
A
1Result
245285